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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18B8_home-of-philo-t-farnsworth_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Home 1948-1967 of Farnsworth, inventor of television. Farnsworth (1906-1971) was instrumental in perfecting the image formation mechanism which enabled the first effective image transmission in 1927. Farnsworth Radio and Television Corporation in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUD_william-wells_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
A tract of 320 acres of land extending west of the St. Joseph River (the modern Bloomingdale and Spy Run neighborhoods) was set aside by an act of Congress in 1808 for the Indian agent William Wells in recognition of his many services to the U.S. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME89_johnny-appleseed_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Johnny Appleseed legendary planter of orchards across Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, was a real person named John Chapman. He was a friend to all God's creatures and a missionary for the Swedenborgian religion, a Christian denomination.
He was al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME6Q_meshekinnoquah_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Chief Little Turtle was one of the most feared and respected leaders during the frontier wars of the 1780s and 1790s when Fort Wayne was born. Known to his people as Meshekinnoquah, Little Turtle is thought to have been born in 1752 in a village a…
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This area of the Three Rivers was a site of settlement of Native Americans for as much as 10,000 years. The collection of villages known as Kekionga, located in the present-day Lakeside neighborhood, was a center of the Miami nation in historic ti…
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The Battle of Kekionga in October 1790 was the fist battle fought by the United States Army after the War for Independence. The campaign had been ordered by President Washington against the Miami settlement of Kekionga, the center of Indian resist…
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To the Memory ofMajor John WyllysAnd His Brave Soldiers WhoWere Killed Near this SpotIn The Battle of Harmar's FordOct. 22, 1790With the Indians UnderChief Little Turtle
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDW0_chief-little-turtle_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
ME-SHE-KIN-QUAH, Chiefof the Miami IndiansTeacher of his peopleFriend of the United States
His endeavors toward peaceshould serve as an inspirationfor future generationsThis plot of ground, the lastresting place of Chief LittleTurtle, is dedica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV7_site-of-last-french-fort_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Erected, 1750, by Captain Raimond
Surrendered to the British under Lieutenant Butler in 1760.
Ensign Richard Holmes and British garrison massacred by Miami Indians in 1763.
The most severe engagement of battle between Gen. Josiah Harmar a…