Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

The glorious gateway of the West : an historic pageant of the story of Fort Wayne, commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of Indiana's admission to the sisterhood of states (1916) Presented in June 1916 at Reservoir Park by a Company of over Eleven Hundred Citizens of Fort Wayne. - 88 page book on Archive.org.

1. Northeast Indiana: “That Glorious Gate” by Tom Castaldi, local historian published July 8, 2016 in the Indiana History Blog by the Indiana Historical Bureau of the Indiana State Library.
2. The Day Res Park was the Center of the World by Eric Olson, 21Country Featured Reporterpublished February 9, 2017 and archived on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
3. Photos from The History Center such as Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration Arches (1629) description says: Photograph of 1795-1895 Centennial arch during Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration, October 16-23, 1895. on History Center Digital Collection on the mDON mastodon Digital Object Network similar information linked from Indiana Memory.
4. Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration Trade Card (1676) description says: Photograph of a trade card issued by Thieme Brothers, Tailors, during Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration. on History Center Digital Collection on the mDON mastodon Digital Object Network and similar information on Indiana Memory.
5. Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration Arches (1666) description: Photo postcard taken by photographer F. Schanz during the Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration. View looks south on Calhoun Street near Wayne Street. Two white arches span the street and are marked "Anthony Wayne" and "Little Turtle". Banners cross the street and vehicles, trolley and people are visible. Banner saying Ft. Wayne Lodge No. 14 I.O.O.F. Welcom[e] Broth[ers] is strung across the street. On History Center Digital Collection on the mDON mastodon Digital Object Network.
6. Fort Wayne's Centennial Celebration Arches (1685) description: Photo postcard taken by photographer F. Schanz during the Fort Wayne Centennial Celebration. One white arch labeled Centennial spans Calhoun Street near Lewis Street. View is looking south on Calhoun Street with trolley and people visible. "Erected by Catholic Societies of Ft. Wayne" written on end of card. on History Center Digital Collection on the mDON mastodon Digital Object Network and similar information on Indiana Memory.

7. May 3, 2018 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook:

   For "Throwback Thursday" we share this PLAN for the ANTHONY WAYNE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY prepared for the OPTIMISTS CLUB of FORT WAYNE by A.K. Hofer in 1944. This was obviously never built, but it is fun to imagine "What if ?" It's kinda hard to picture in your mind (at least for a surveyor) with North on the Bottom and South on the Top. THE GLORIOUS GATEWAY PARK is where The Three Rivers Apartmets are. At one time (1975) these were displayed at the Hofer and Davis office in 414 Utility Building, now the paper maps are brittle and tattered. Another piece of history from Hofer and Davis, Putting Northeast Indiana "On the Map" since 1915!

   This was discussed May 3, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook along with the Anthony Wayne Parkway.

8. A January 24, 2024 discussion by Charlie Savage on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.