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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
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's first Republican congressman, Samuel S. Brenton, was a Methodist minister who vigorously opposed the expansion of slavery into the new western territories. Born in 1810 in Kentucky, Brenton was an ordained Methodist minister by the age . . . — — Map (db m250354) HM
In 1885, Benjamin Faurot struck oil near here after drilling into the Trenton Rock Limestone at a depth of 1,251 feet, sparking the great Oil Boom of northwest Ohio. Speculators quickly followed, drilling hundreds of wells in what became the vast . . . — — Map (db m298300) 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
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
John Grimes constructed a house on this lot in 1842, and on March 13, 1854, he sold the place to Sion S. Bass and his wife, Eliza. Sion Bass had come to Fort Wayne in 1848 from Salem, Kentucky, and worked for the Ewing fur-trading enterprise. He was . . . — — Map (db m197189) HM
1949: Helen Quimby commissions renowned Fort Wayne architect A.M. Strauss to draw up plans for The Clyde Theatre in Quimby Village in honor of her late husband, Clyde Quimby, Clyde Quimby owned considerable business property in the region and . . . — — Map (db m253129) HM
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 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
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
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