Platted 1866 by Benjamin Meiser, John L. Peabody and Patrick Ney at the crossroads adjacent to the Peabody Steam Sawmill (1853) and the Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad (1855). The post office name was changed from Taw-Taw to Arcola in 1858. — — Map (db m226585) HM
In 2012, God laid a vision on the hearts of the County Line leadership to continue restoring our communities with Christ by expanding the facilities on this site.
The project would cost $5 million, far beyond anything the church had ever done. . . . — — Map (db m211298) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the following Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Allen County
Michael Cronts ·
James Ball ·
Charles Weeks, Sr. ·
William Berry ·
Samuel Bird, Sgt. · James Saunders · Gurdin Burnham, Sgt. · David Blair . . . — — Map (db m73263) WM
Allen County was created on April 1, 1824, by a
December 1823 act of the Indiana General Assembly.
The newly created county was named for Col. John
Allen of the Kentucky militia who had helped relieve
the siege of Fort Wayne in 1812 and who was . . . — — Map (db m197324) HM
The Rural Branch School of the Church was located adjacent to the cemetery. School was conducted from 1844 to 1920. The building and grounds were sold to the State for the interchange of Highways I 69 and U.S. 27. — — Map (db m76433) HM
Fort Wayne business had a start on Duck Street, named for the 19th century Duck Creek that drained the area from the higher ground near Superior Street into the St. Marys River. Along Duck Creek in the 1840s and 50s stood the City Mills, one of the . . . — — Map (db m16997) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal was instrumental in the construction of the first railways in Fort Wayne, which quickly became a railroading center in the Midwest. In 1852, along the canal at the present-day railroad elevation that borders the south edge of . . . — — Map (db m16996) HM
Around the turn of the century, the nationwide City Beautiful movement found local expression through the efforts of Charles Mulford Robinson and nationally known landscape architect George Kessler. Seeking to reclaim the natural beauty of our . . . — — Map (db m17034) HM
Old fort near this point was site of first Masonic meetings in northern Indiana, early spring 1823, leading in October to original Wayne Lodge No. 25, ancestor of present Lodge of same name and number. — — Map (db m213792) HM
She encouraged local efforts to form First Presbyterian Church, establish a public library, support the national Women's Suffrage Movement, and donated land for Fort Wayne's first African-American church.
The Hamilton Estate on Clinton Street . . . — — Map (db m16967) HM
The confluence area of the Three Rivers was known to the native people since as early as the end of the last Ice Age, more than 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers melted and receded, they paused here creating a high point in the topography of the . . . — — Map (db m17064) HM
Methodism in Fort Wayne
area originated with the
establishment of a mission
in 1828.
Changed to Berry Street
Chapel in 1840.
Divided into First and
Wayne Street Churches
in 1849.
Reunited in 1968. — — Map (db m197284) HM
The concrete retention walls at the north end of the plaza will help downtown Fort Wayne withstand future flooding when the rivers rise. They were constructed where sandbaggers and volunteers worked during the flood of 1982 to build a dike to . . . — — Map (db m17061) HM
Architect Eric R. Kuhne was commissioned to design a flood control plan that would provide for a park and premier festival center. It could also serve as a model for flood control in other sections of the country. The Headwaters Park Commission was . . . — — Map (db m17037) HM
Headwaters Park has been created by the citizens of Fort Wayne through their donations, ideas, and labor as a means of flood control in the city. Earlier designs had a similar purpose. George Kessler's plan of 1912 envisioned a greenspace for . . . — — Map (db m197058) HM
The Great Union Armies of the American Civil War (1861-1865) reached an aggregate of 2,759,049 enlistments. Not less than 4,103 men went from this county. After the war the veterans formed The Grand Army of the Republic and seven units of that . . . — — Map (db m268095) HM WM
Because of the often soggy conditions that discouraged use as either residential or commercial property, the area of Headwaters Park became known as the Jail Flats. The first jail in Allen County was a two-story hewn-log structure that was enclosed . . . — — Map (db m197061) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m21560) HM
Dedicated to the memory
of all men and women who
served in the Korean War
from June 1950 until
July 1953.
May God protect us
this memorial dedicated
May 26, 1990 — — Map (db m267559) WM
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 times . . . — — Map (db m59686) HM
Founded 1859 - Dedicated May 30, 1860, was enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places February 17, 1978 by the U.S. Department of Interior. Here in Lindenwood thousands of memorials relate to local, state and national history. — — Map (db m44598) HM
Miami Chief Mishikinakwa or Me-she-kin-no-quah, known to the Euro-Americans as Little Turtle, born circa 1747, played a significant role in the settlement of the area surrounding the confluence of the Three Rivers. He was the most successful Native . . . — — Map (db m197057) HM
If you had walked along this path back in the 1840s, you might have seen some birds that you dont see today. One might have been the greater prairie-chicken. First you might have heard a low-pitched call, like the sound of blowing across a . . . — — Map (db m225917) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m119973) HM
Only land barrier
on shortest trade route
between Quebec and
New Orleans.
Eastern landing of eight-
mile carry from St. Mary's
to Little River. Used by
Indians, French, British
and American traders. — — Map (db m21061) HM
Long before settlers appeared on the scene, the American Indian people here used the sandhill crane as a symbol for their tribe. Early British and American officials referred to the people we know as Miami as “Twightwees” in various . . . — — Map (db m17068) HM
The first Fort Wayne home of Mrs. Eliza E. George was near this spot. At the age of 54 she helped make Civil War nursing history. Mother George, as she was known to thousands of Union soldiers, served with front line troops in Mississippi, . . . — — Map (db m44085) HM
This Purple Heart tribute is provided in remembrance of all combat wounded veterans who have made the supreme sacrifice for their country. May their noble virtues live forever in our memory. — — Map (db m73447) WM
South Clinton Street gained notoriety as a Depression era "Shanty town. The "hobo
heaven or "hobo jungle that sprang up on the "Jail Flats became home to hundreds
of families at its peak in 1933, filling the area with tarpaper shacks and smoke . . . — — Map (db m197137) HM
Organized by Rev. Jesse Hoover on October 14, 1837, with a congregation of 24 families, it was the first Lutheran church in the Fort Wayne area. A school was organized by Rev. Hoover the same year. Originally known as the First Evangelical Lutheran . . . — — Map (db m162795) HM
The Barr Street Market is the oldest
market in Fort Wayne. The land was
donated to the city by Samuel Hanna in
1837, and within six months a small
frame market house was built; merchants
rented stalls for $5 per year.
and the market were named . . . — — Map (db m197286) HM
During Fort Wayne's 1994 Bicentennial Celebration, this walking trail of
selected major sites in Fort Wayne's
history was developed as a Lasting Legacy
to the City with grants from the Journal-
Gazette Foundation, Essex Group, Inc.,
and Witwer . . . — — Map (db m197316) HM
The concrete retention walls at the north end of the
plaza will help downtown Fort Wayne withstand future
flooding when the rivers rise. They were constructed
where sandbaggers and volunteers worked during the
flood of 1982 to build a dike to . . . — — Map (db m197138) HM
Designed by Fort Wayne architects John Wing and Marshall Mahurin, the Elektron Building was built in 1895. The name Elektron inscribed on the cornice at the top of the building reflected the business interests in early electrical engineering of the . . . — — Map (db m162797) HM
1863 marked the beginning of the first organized Police Force in the city. The council named a captain and three patrolmen to serve from twilight to daybreak. On this site was located the first city Police Station. It contained three iron cages on . . . — — Map (db m44086) HM
Most often the rivers here brought prosperity. They are the reason humanbeings settled here; established a land portage to connect with the Wabash River system; and attracted the canal followed by rails, highways, industry, and homes. They brought . . . — — Map (db m17030) HM
The French built Fort St. Philippe (Fort Miamis) west of this area by 1722, to command the land portage here between the Maumee and Wabash Rivers. It was important to the French to protect the area in their political competition with the British as . . . — — Map (db m17067) HM
This cabin is an exact reproduction of the one in which Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809 at Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Erected by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Fort Wayne, Indiana — — Map (db m248580) HM
Construction of the Lincoln Tower began less than
a month before the stock market crash of October
1929 that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. Completed in November 1930, the 312-foot
Tower was for many years Indiana's tallest . . . — — Map (db m197233) HM
The valley of the Little River, where you are standing now, was carved out about 14,500 years ago when the waters of Glacial Lake Maumee overtopped the Fort Wayne Moraine, a ridge composed of glacial sediment, unleashing a catastrophic flood. The . . . — — Map (db m225921) HM
The News-Sentinel Building was constructed in
1925 by Oscar Foellinger, the publisher of the Fort
Wayne News-Sentinel.
The News Sentinel traces its history to the first
newspaper in Fort Wayne, The Sentinel, which began
publication as a . . . — — Map (db m197287) HM
In 1880, the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis
Railroad, known commonly as "The Nickel Plate
Road, purchased from the Wabash & Erie Canal the
right-of-way through central Fort Wayne. The
construction of the railroad on the site of the old . . . — — Map (db m197329) HM
The Fort Wayne City Building, later called "The
Old City Hall, was designed by local architects John
Wing and Marshall Mahurin and was dedicated on
April 20, 1893, by Mayor Charles Zollinger.
Called by some "The Hapsburg Horror as a . . . — — Map (db m197283) HM
In colonial times, a portage from the St. Marys River in Fort Wayne to the Wabash River in Huntington enabled a major French and Indian trade route to exist from Quebec on the St. Lawrence River to New Orleans on the Mississippi River. Later, the . . . — — Map (db m225163) HM
Past this point flowed the Wabash and
Erie Canal begun at Fort Wayne in 1832
rad dedicated at Fort Wayne July 4, 1843.
m its final phase the canal ran from
Maumee Bay on Lake Erie, through
Fort Wayne and southwestward to
Lafayette and thence . . . — — Map (db m197327) HM
Edith (seated), scholar of Greek and Roman mythology, wrote the classic text, The Greek Way.
Alice (standing), Edith's sister, influential industrial physician, advanced the reform of unsafe working conditions in our nation's factories. . . . — — Map (db m16956) HM
This Barr and Columbia Street intersection is the center from which Civic Fort Wayne Grew
North West
Barnett-Hanna Trading Post 1819
First Post Office 1820
North East
Suttenfield Tavern 1823
South West . . . — — Map (db m197325) HM
One of auto racings premier sanctioning bodies, the United States Auto Club (USAC), held its very first race here in Fort Wayne, at the historic Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. USAC was formed urgently on September 16, 1955, when racing . . . — — Map (db m250423) HM WM
Iraq
Afghanistan
Kuwait
Welcome home all veterans
United States Army
United States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
United States Coast Guard 1790
United States Navy — — Map (db m267668) WM
In honor and
remembrance of all
who served in Vietnam.
In memory of
those killed
missing and imprisoned.
You are not forgotten.
Vinh danii cac anh hung tu si
da chien dau cho tu do
tai.
Viet Nam
The defense of
freedom . . . — — Map (db m265656) WM
This YMCA logo, established in the late 1800's combined the YMCA's Christian emphasis
with an equilateral triangle which stood for man's essential spirit, mind and body.
John 17:21 That all of them may be one, Father, just . . . — — Map (db m197197) HM
An ancient Indian trail, through Pottawattomie country, variably called the Dragoon, White Pigeon, Great Northwestern and Fort Dearborn Road. After 1795 used for mail delivery between Fort Wayne and Fort Dearborn. Captain Wells, Wayne spy, was slain . . . — — Map (db m20782) HM
Fort Wayne's Wildwood Builders developed the
Brookview neighborhood; the plat was recorded in
1917. Wildwood Builders was founded in 1910 by
Lee Ninde, his wife Joel Roberts Ninde, and Lee's
brother Daniel. Joel Roberts Ninde was a . . . — — Map (db m250345) HM
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Federal Government established a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp on the northside of Fort Wayne. The CCC was part of President Roosevelt's New Deal; it was established in 1933 and expanded in . . . — — Map (db m250233) HM
Craigville Depot
Built c. 1879
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m239338) HM
The artistic vistas are not an accident. The streets were designed by one of America's foremost architects, Arthur [Shurcliff], of Boston. Wildwood Companies advertisement, Fort Wayne Sentinel, 1917
In 1912, George . . . — — Map (db m250348) HM
The first volunteer fire company was founded in Fort Wayne in
1839. On this site in 1860 was located the first Central Fire
House. This two story brick structure with a bell tower housed
two steam fire engines and two hose wagons. The units . . . — — Map (db m239331) HM
The "Old Well," an important factor in the existence of the fort and its people, saved the fort from Indian fire brands in 1812. Fort Wayne was first built, near by, in 1794. It was rebuilt, on this site, in 1804, and 1815.
Research by . . . — — Map (db m21210) HM
Terminal point where French-Canadian boats, hollowed from 30-60 foot poplar logs, brought families and cargo up the Maumee River from Toledo and Detroit, and returned furs to Lake Erie in exchange for traders' supplies, from the late 1700's until . . . — — Map (db m16957) HM
This 2000 pound bell costing $1000,00. was manufactured by the Jones and Company Foundry, Troy, New York. It was placed in Fire Station Number 1 at the corner of Court and Berry Streets in 1867 a new Number 1 Fire Station was constructed in 1893 . . . — — Map (db m239332) HM
The Last Two American Forts
In 1798, Col. Thomas Hunt began construction on this site of the second American fort at the Three Rivers. this fort, which was completed in 1800, replaced the first, hastily built one erected nearby to the . . . — — Map (db m21219) HM
It was the first United States fort near "Three Rivers". This fort commanded the shortest portage between the St. Lawrence and Mississippi systems a portage known to the Indians as "Glorious Gate" and a strategic cross-roads in early trade and . . . — — Map (db m21020) HM
Wayne Trace
Once the Indian trail to Cincinnati
The route
Of General Harmer's Army in 1790
Of General Wayne's
When leaving the stockade
Christened by Major Hamtramck
"Fort Wayne" in 1794
Also of General Harrison's Army . . . — — Map (db m52749) HM
A leading urban architect of his time, Robinson was hired by Col. David Foster to beautify Fort Wayne. Among his ideas for Fort Wayne was our now nationally celebrated Park and Boulevard System. He and Foster successfully teamed to sell the . . . — — Map (db m248570) HM
Georg Kessler was born in Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, grew up in Texas and returned to Jena for his formal education in garden and landscape design. Foster brought him to Fort Wayne to design the Park and Boulevard system that Robinson had . . . — — Map (db m248576) HM
Established in 2016, Franklin School Park is a neighborhood park designed in place of the former Franklin School building. The school served the neighborhood from 1921-1981 as an elementary and middle school. That neighborhood legacy continues with . . . — — Map (db m289072) HM
Foster hired Adolf Janicke during a chance meeting at a horticultural exposition in Philadelphia. A Berliner who had worked in that citys parks and gardens, Janicke became Fort Waynes first urban forester and park designer. When he arrived in . . . — — Map (db m248571) HM
Originally the location of the Moellering Brickyard, Harrison
Hill Neighborhood was platted by local developers Hilgeman
& Schaaf in 1915. The developers described Harrison
Hill as The Heart of New South Wayne. The Harrison
Hill name was . . . — — Map (db m250658) HM
( Front )
Argonne —— ∮—— Cantigny
Allen County and Fort Wayne
their Tribute
to the Glory of their Sons
Loyalty — Courage
Sacrifice — Victory
1917 —— 1918 . . . — — Map (db m54627) HM
Memorial Park
Neighborhood Association
lasting legacy
for the Fort Wayne
bicentennial celebration
August 1994
A Memorial Tribute
to Past, Present and
Future Veterans of
Allen County, Indiana
In this monument, during this
the . . . — — Map (db m197331) WM
Erected in memory of Arthur R Smith Pioneer aviator who gave his life in U.S. Air Mail Service
By the citizens of Fort Wayne A.D. 1926 — — Map (db m197333) HM
These plaques and this monument were commissioned in dedication to the Fort Wayne Daisies womens baseball team. The Daisies proudly represented the City of Fort Wayne in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945-1954. The . . . — — Map (db m248459) HM
Harold T. Adams
William H. Ahrens
Spencer T. Alden
Horace W. Barnes
Charles Baron
Russell C. Barrett
Lansing Behrman
John C. Berry
Edward Bethner
Walter G Betz
Samuel Bibo
Leo J, Boaeuf
Albert B. Board . . . — — Map (db m197332) WM
Colonel Hugh B. Reed served as first Commandant. Here the 30th, 44th, 74th, 88th, and 100th Indiana Regiments and the 11th Indiana Battery were organized. — — Map (db m215667) HM
The 1st major league baseball game, now called
the 1st game in a professional league, was played
here May 4, 1871. Kekionga whitewashed Cleveland
2-0 in what was then acclaimed the greatest game
ever played. It remained the lowest score in . . . — — Map (db m289071) HM
On February 22, 1832, ground was broken two blocks north for the canal, which would link Lake Erie at Toledo with the Ohio River at Evansville. Jordan Vigus, Canal Commissioner, Charles W. Ewing, Samuel Hanna, Elias Murray participated in the . . . — — Map (db m21045) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m65186) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m21501) HM
1941 1945
In memory of
those of Lakeside
who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
This prayer we make in penitence
That all who pass by here may sense
The costliness of human strife,
The value of a soldier's life
. . . — — Map (db m288939) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m21036) HM
This stone sentinal continues to watch over the land as it has since 1889. Its presence is a monument to those souls who lived, learned and played here.
The "State Sschool" was home to thousands of children and adults with intellectual and . . . — — Map (db m225929) HM
To the Memory of
Major John Wyllys
And His Brave Soldiers Who
Were Killed Near this Spot
In The Battle of
Harmar's Ford
Oct. 22, 1790
With the Indians Under
Chief Little Turtle — — Map (db m261053) HM
The Battle of Kekionga in October 1790 was the first 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 . . . — — Map (db m21497) HM
Built at Newport News, Virginia. Her keel was laid 20 November 1939
and she was launched on 21 November 1941. Battleship was placed
in commission on 30 April 1942.
Original statistics:
Length Overall: 680 feet
Extreme Beam: 108 feet, 2 . . . — — Map (db m250415) HM
Earned nine battle stars, on the Asiatic-Pacific Area Service Ribbon
for participating in the following operations and engagements:
1 Star Pacific Raids:
Marcus Island Raid: 31 Aug 1943
1 Star/Gilbert Islands Operation: 13 Nov-8 Dec 1943 . . . — — Map (db m250411) HM
Colonel David N. Foster, a veteran of Gettysburg and Fredericksburg, gave us modern Fort Wayne. Through his creating of the Park Board in 1905, to his leadership of the City Beautiful Movement, from his creation with famed urban architect Georg . . . — — Map (db m248579) HM
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