Took a trip up to Dayton, Where they claim to invented almost everything from crash registers to car ignition systems. But the biggest plaudits in the town go to brothers Wilbur and Orville Wight, who in the farms around Dayton developed powered flight.

It may have been at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina that they achieved the first flight in 1903, but in was around Dayton, over the next four years, that they developed their machine and produced a controllable steerable flying machine. No mean achievement for a couple of bicycle mechanics.

The field where they finessed their invention is now home to the American Airforce, but a memorial stands on the hill from where you can watch giant troop carriers descend from the skies. They had no idea what they had started.
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Drove down to Cincinnati, which lies on the Ohio River.

The river marks the boundary between the states of Kentucky and Ohio, and therefore was the marker between the South and the North in the days of the civil war. South of the River were Slave States, while north of the River was freedom.

Cincinnati's place on this crossroads of culture ensured it had a prominent role in the Underground Railway, the name given to the chain of people who aided runaway slaves to escape to the north and freedom Today the riverbank is host to the Museum of Freedom which pays tribute to all the incredibly brave individuals who risked their life and liberty to bring freedom to others. It's an amazing place well worth a visit.

Slaves escaping had to swim the River or cross by rowboat. Today it is easier by crossing the Purple People Bridge which is one of many bridges that links the two states