History of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Journey back in time to Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

• 1794 - Ft. Wayne, Indiana's 2nd Largest city, had its beginnings in 1794, after the Battle of Fallen Timbers, when General "Mad Anthony" Wayne built Ft. Wayne on the site of a Miami Indian village.
  
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• 1845 - Johnnie Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  
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• 1854 - Fort Wayne
  Fort Wayne, a flourishing town, capital of Allen county, Indiana, is situated at the confluence of the St. Joseph's and St. Mary's rivers, which form ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1871 - 32 Churches
  Fort Wayne, Ind., has thirty-two churches.
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  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  January 21, 1871
  
  
•  June 2, 1883: In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the first baseball game was played under electric lights at night
  
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  June 2, 1883
  
  
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  The Fort Wayne Improved Western Washer
  Horton Manufacturing Co.
  Fort Wayne, Ind.
  
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  City Hall
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•  1895 - HORSE SCARED BY THE ELEPHANTS. RUNAWAY IN FORT WAYNE WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO MANY PERSONS INCIDENT TO A CIRCUS PARADE.
  Fort Wayne, May 22. - A serious runaway accident occurred here this morning during the Ringling Brothers' circus parade. About twenty persons, mostly ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Fort Wayne
  Fort Wayne, a city of Indiana, capital of Allen co., is on the Maumee River, at the confluence of its branches the St. Joseph and St. Mary's Rivers, a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1897 - A BAD FIRE. PROPERTY VALUED AT $150,000 IS DESTROYED AT FORT WAYNE.
  Fort Wayne, Ind., March 1. - At seven o'clock Sunday morning a passer-by saw smoke issuing from MORGAN & Co.'s retail and wholesale hardware store on ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1907 - LOST THREE FINGERS
  While his machine, a massive steam shear, was momentarily idle, Nogene Mire fell asleep and was awakened by the knives clipping off three of the finge...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1910 - October 23 - Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first woman to fly solo in an airplane at a public event when she flies at an air meet in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1912 Scott becomes the first female test pilot.
  
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•  1911 - FOUR DIE IN WRECK - EIGHTEEN HOUR FLYER LEAPS OFF RAILS NEAR FORT WAYNE.
  30 PERSONS ARE INJURED.
  
  SEVERAL VICTIMS OF CRASH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
  
  SPEEDING AT 50 MILES AN HOUR, CHICAGO TO NEW YORK EXPRESS LEAVES T...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1915 - ONE MAN IS KILLED. When Upper Section of Construction Tower Collapses This Morning
  One man was injured so badly that the died within an hour at the St. Joseph's hospital and another was painfully hurt at 10 o'clock this morning when ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1916
  Fort Wayne, a city of Indiana, one of the oldest cities in the state and the capital of Allen co., is situated at the confluence of the St. Joseph's a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1917 - DIES OF BURNS. Mrs. Loraine Succumbs to Terrible Injuries Sustained Thursday.
  Mrs. John Loraine, 462 Elizabeth street, is dead following four days of terrible suffering, as a result of burns, sustained Thursday morning when in a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hotel Keenan
  
  Fort Wayne's largest and finest fireproof hotel All outside rooms with bath and circulating ice water. Air-conditioned. Dining Room, Egyptian Coffee Shop and beautiful new Cocktail Lounge. Finest of foods at moderate prices Official... Read MORE...
  
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• 1925 - March 31 – Radio station WOWO in Ft. Wayne, Indiana begins broadcasting.
  
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  March 31, 1925
  
  
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  Aerial View of Downtown Fort Wayne
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• 1954 - September 26 - WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
  
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