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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29B1_john-b-franke_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
"Well done, good and faithful servant." (Ft. Wayne Chamber of Commerce - Jan. 7, 2927) J.B. Franke dedicated his lift to service of others. He donated 80 acres to the City of Fort Wayne, which is now known as Franke park. Mr. Franke …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29AV_major-general-anthony-wayne_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
In the early 1790s, the United States Army suffered two serious defeats at the hands of Indians under the leadership of Little Turtle, war chief of the Miami nation. In response, President George Washington sent Revolutionary War hero Gen. "M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22AP_carole-lombard_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
In this house on October 6, 1908, was born Jane Alice Peters. Daughter of Frederick C. and Elizabeth Knight Peters, she took the professional name of Carole Lombard and became one of the most important figures in the motion picture industry. Ere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2I_the-canal-house-historical_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
In 1852 John Brown, a stonemason, built this last remaining vestige of the early canal era in FortWayne. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Brown came by canal boat to Allen County in 1847 with his wife Mary. He and his Scottish business partner, Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1X_site-of-the-fort-wayne-college-historical_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Established in 1846 as the Fort Wayne Female College on grounds donated by Wm. Rockhill. In 1855 the college consolidated with the Fort Wayne Collegiate Institute for Young Men and it was then call the M.E. College. In 1890 the college grounds w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VBY_old-aqueduct-club-memorial-historical_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
The Aqueduct Carrying the Wabash and Erie Canal across the St. Marys River was located just north of the bridge about where the Nickle Plate Railroad crosses the river and was the playground and swimminghole for the West End Boys. Completed about…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JH_league-park_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
The first professional organized league baseball game was played here on May 4, 1871 ending in a victory for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas over the Cleveland Forest Citys by a score of 2-0. A wooden structure was built in 1883 and rebuilt numerous time…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IM_johnny-appleseed_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Born in Massachusetts, 1776Died near Fort Wayne, 1843.Buried in the David Archer CemeteryPioneer apple grower of Indiana and Ohio.The Indiana Horticultural Societyand all those who are endeavoring to carryon the work he nobly commenced join in ded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10ZD_journal-gazette-building_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZR9_richardville_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Richardville1761 - 1841Made Chief of theMiamis for hisDaring rescue of aWhite prisoner fromBurning at theStake
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