Myrtle Moran papers, 1911.

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Myrtle Moran papers, 1911.

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This collection consists of letters (1911, n.d.) written to Myrtle Moran by members of the Cromwell Dixon family regarding the latter's death, and the death of his mother. This collection consists of letters (1911, n.d.) written to Myrtle Moran by members of the Cromwell Dixon family regarding the latter's death, and the death of his mother.

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Dixon, Cromwell, 1892-1911

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Moran, Myrtle

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Cromwell Dixon was born in San Francisco in 1892. While he was a young child the family moved to Columbus, Ohio. While there he built and flew a human-powered dirigible and later a motorized version. On August 6, 1911 he received his pilot's license, flying a Curtiss plane. On September 30, 1911 he was the first to fly over the Continental Divide near Helena, Montana. Two days later he died in when his plane crashed at the Interstate Fair in Spokane, Washington. (SC 2434) From the de...