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Most streets are named for people or places. Sometimes they're connected to the street itself, sometimes not. But once in a while, a street name is a clue to a remarkable piece of history. This new series seeks out incidents so memorable that communities sought to preserve them in their street names. Tonight we travel to three of them: The colorful history behind Gipsy Drive and Stanley Avenue in Dayton; the heartwarming story of "Africa Road" in Delaware County; and the Akron tragedy forever remembered as "Memorial Parkway."\n\nwww.ohiomysteries.com\n\nfeedback@ohiomysteries.com\n\nwww.patreon.com/ohiomysteries\n\nwww.twitter.com/mysteriesohio\n\nwww.facebook.com/ohiomysteries\n\nAdditional music:\nNew Horizon - Aderin; Audionautix- The Great Unknown; The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices