Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Fort Wayne during the Canal era 1828-1855; a study of a Western community in the middle period of American history by Poinsatte, Charles R, Publication date 1969 on Archive.org.
A couple of interesting lines on page 91 is Then in the late 1830s “Dame Fashion” played her role. Just as she had decreed earlier that silk was to replace beaver in the making of hats, now she demanded mink, deer, and, above all, raccoon skins. Since the Maumee Wabash region “produced enormous numbers of raccoons” it became “for a few years the center of interest of the fur business of America.” Thus between 1838 and 1842 Fort Wayne became the base from which an extensive war for this fur trade was carried on.

The Canal boat case: who done it?: not us, we were asleep (~1850) - Canal Society of Indiana ebook on Archive.org.

A trip on the Wabash and Erie Canal by Steele, Marilyn, Publication date 1900 on Archive.org.

Fort Wayne In Canal Days (1900) ebook on Archive.org.

Newspaper clippings on the Wabash and Erie Canal, Volume 2, April 1835 - January 1841, Publication date 1903 on Archive.org.
v. 1. March 1814-Jan. 1835 -- v. 2. April 1835-Jan. 1841 -- v. 3. Dec. 1841-July 1844 -- v. 4. March 1845-Aug. 1850 -- v. 5. Feb. 1851-June 1863 -- v. 6. June 1863-Oct. 1872 -- v. 7. Dec. 1872-April 1874 -- v. 8. April 1874- March 1877 -- v. 9. March 1877-Aug. 1880 -- v. 10. Dec. 1880-July 1903

Newspaper clippings on the Wabash and Erie Canal, Volume 3, Dec. 1841-July 1844, Publication date 1903 on Archive.org.
v. 1. March 1814-Jan. 1835 -- v. 2. April 1835-Jan. 1841 -- v. 3. Dec. 1841-July 1844 -- v. 4. March 1845-Aug. 1850 -- v. 5. Feb. 1851-June 1863 -- v. 6. June 1863-Oct. 1872 -- v. 7. Dec. 1872-April 1874 -- v. 8. April 1874- March 1877 -- v. 9. March 1877-Aug. 1880 -- v. 10. Dec. 1880-July 1903

Newspaper clippings on the Wabash and Erie Canal, Volume 4, March 1845 - August 1850, Publication date 1903 on Archive.org.
v. 1. March 1814-Jan. 1835 -- v. 2. April 1835-Jan. 1841 -- v. 3. Dec. 1841-July 1844 -- v. 4. March 1845-Aug. 1850 -- v. 5. Feb. 1851-June 1863 -- v. 6. June 1863-Oct. 1872 -- v. 7. Dec. 1872-April 1874 -- v. 8. April 1874- March 1877 -- v. 9. March 1877-Aug. 1880 -- v. 10. Dec. 1880-July 1903

Newspaper clippings on the Wabash and Erie Canal, Volume 6, June 1863 - October 1872, Publication date 1903 on Archive.org.
v. 1. March 1814-Jan. 1835 -- v. 2. April 1835-Jan. 1841 -- v. 3. Dec. 1841-July 1844 -- v. 4. March 1845-Aug. 1850 -- v. 5. Feb. 1851-June 1863 -- v. 6. June 1863-Oct. 1872 -- v. 7. Dec. 1872-April 1874 -- v. 8. April 1874- March 1877 -- v. 9. March 1877-Aug. 1880 -- v. 10. Dec. 1880-July 1903

Newspaper clippings on the Wabash and Erie Canal, Volume 10, December 1880 - July 1903, Publication date 1903 on Archive.org.
v. 1. March 1814-Jan. 1835 -- v. 2. April 1835-Jan. 1841 -- v. 3. Dec. 1841-July 1844 -- v. 4. March 1845-Aug. 1850 -- v. 5. Feb. 1851-June 1863 -- v. 6. June 1863-Oct. 1872 -- v. 7. Dec. 1872-April 1874 -- v. 8. April 1874- March 1877 -- v. 9. March 1877-Aug. 1880 -- v. 10. Dec. 1880-July 1903

The Wabash trade route in the development of the old Northwest by Benton, Elbert Jay, 1871-1946, Publication date 1903 on Archive.org.

Canal celebrations in old Fort Wayne - 1916, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. cn, ebook on Archive.org.

The Wabash-Erie Canal : Fort Wayne on the old canal ([1952]) - Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County ebook on Archive.org.

As I remember … by Randall, Winifred J. Topics Fort Wayne (Ind.) -- History Publisher [Fort Wayne, Indiana] : Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1960 on Archive.org. Another brighter scanned version of As I remember...

The Irish War on page 129 of Pamphlets by the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Publication date 1953, on Archive.org.