Famous pioneer Daniel Boone's younger brother Edward Boone had a son Joseph Boone. Joseph Boone marched into battle October 22, 1790 at the Maumee Indian Village, present day Fort Wayne. He was shot and left for dead. Read his story at Harmar's Defeat in Saving Private Boone Joseph Boone at "Harmar's Defeat" by Jeffery L. Johnsonon on BooneSociety.org now on the Wayback Machine.
On Sunday, April 7, Miriam Morgan presented “A Performing Arts Theatre and a Civic Vision” as the April lecture of the...
On Sunday, April 7, Miriam Morgan presented “A Performing Arts Theatre and a Civic Vision” as the April lecture of the 2023-2024 George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series. Join us on May 5, 2024 for “Harmar’s Defeat: The 1790 Battle of Kekionga (That Many Historians Get Wrong),” given by William Heath.
[ Lots of interesting Fort Wayne history here on Harmar's Ford, toll roads, Maumee River is used as an open sewer in 1916 and more! ]
R. B. HANNA DELIVERS ADDRESS AT EVENT
HE SUGGESTS THAT SOMETHING DEFINITE SHOUD COME FROM THE CELEBRATION
NEEDS OF THE CITY
Speaker Tells of Some of the Things That Are Particularly Needed
Jumping to the section about the Anthony Wayne Monument:
From the story of "The Glorious Gateway of the West" (the historical pageant) we learn that when the early settlers of Fort Wayne gathered together on occasions similar to this that they talked not only about the then history of Fort Wayne, but about the future of Fort Wayne as well. So that I have one precedent at least in early history for departing from the main theme of these ceremonies. Another and later precedent for this is found in the fact that when we celebrated Fort Wayne's centennial anniversary, a few years ago [1895], we found then as now, an aroused public spirit, and then, as now, the thought came to us that out of that aroused public spirit should come some tangible expression of it to the lasting glory of Fort Wayne; and so wo appealed to the commissioners of Allen county to buy up the then remaining toll roads and thus open all of the highways of this county to the free use of the people, and in this we were successful. We also appealed, during the Fort Wayne centennial celebration, to the Fort Wayne city council to fix a levy of one-quarter of a cent on each one hundred dollars of valuation, as an Anthony Wayne monument fund, and this levy was fixed as requested, and it is still in force.
I hope that this fund will not be used until the, national government and the government of Indiana have been given an opportunity to join with the government of Fort Wayne in building here at the very threshold of "The Glorious Gateway of the West" a monument in keeping with the historic value of this territory. Here at Harmar's Ford, a little east of the north end of Harmar street, might be built a dam, to further mark this historic spot; at Columbia street a stone bridge, 400 feet long connecting the site of Anthony Wayne's fort on the west bank with the site of Kekionga, the home of his enemy, on the east bank of the Maumee river; at the confluence of the three rivers, with a lake and a park as a setting, an equestrian statue of Anthony Wayne. Such a monument would rise-in beauty and dignity and grandeur to the height of the civic spirit that has come out of this centennial celebration, and it would help to carry out the river-flood- sewer plans prepared for Fort Wayne by the best experts, in their respective lines, to be found in the United States.
"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" erected by Mary Penrose Chapter DAR in the Centennial year 1916. First HMDB link contains links to additional markers and information.
