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November 16, 2019Yesterday in Dayton
Reminiscing Days Gone By In Dayton, Graysville and Spring City Tn.
Rhea County, Tennessee's Historical Past
Welcome to Yesterday in Dayton's home on the web. A place to come and reminisce about days gone by in the place we call home. Rhea County rich in history is comprised of three municipalities Dayton, Graysville and Spring City Tennessee.
We have a rich history within out county and this site will touch on past historical events of Rhea County Tennessee and the municipalities that are with the county. We will also share remembrances of those beloved citizens from here that have gone on before us.
I hope you enjoy the site and all its history posted here. If you have photos or information that you'd like to see preserved and shared then please call on me. All photos and documents are always credited to the person/family who provides them.

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Freight Train Derailment Graysville Tennessee September 9, 1949
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Becky Welch Miss Dayton 1965
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Dayton Opera House Razed
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Oster Plant 1966-1988
November 16, 2019 | Dayton | Comments (0)
On March 5, 1987, in a special called meeting with the City of Dayton officials, Oster President Lawrence Mattson informed those present that corporate restructuring prompted the decision to close the Dayton plant in March of 1988. "The decision to close both the Dayton, TN and the Milwaukee, WI pla
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Miss Dayton Welcomes John Thomas Scopes To Town
November 16, 2019 | Scopes Trial Related | Comments (0)
Miss Dayton Nancy Shipley Welcomes John Thomas Scopes To Town On 35th Anniversary Of Famous Trial. Nancy Shipley had not yet been born when John Thomas Scopes was convicted in 1925 of violating Tennessee's newly passed Butler Act. A trial in which the world has come to know as "The Monkey Trial".
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Leon Calloway Recalled Communities History
November 16, 2019 | Spring City | Comments (0)
leon Calloway was 72 when he recounted some of his memories In July of 1983 Leon Calloway recounted some of his memories of Spring City. We have shared with you below his story in his own words “I recall the downtown area consisted of one drugstore, Collins Brothers Dry Goods Store, Reed’s
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