McCook Field

Historical marker location:

1046-1160 N Bend Blvd, Dayton, Ohio

( Marker is on N. Bend Blvd., on the right when traveling north.)

"The Cradle of Aviation".

Ohio is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because of its role in producing so many US presidents. In addition to the seven presidents who were born in Ohio, another president, William Henry Harrison, lived in Ohio for much of his life and is sometimes counted as an honorary Ohioan.