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Historic Fort Wayne

Make Your Own Scale model of Historic Fort Wayne by D. K. Hockensmith, Publication date 1976 on Archive.org during the 1976 Bicentennial year!

The Old Fort posted March 22, 2021 by Friends of the Rivers on YouTube

The French and British at Three Rivers by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1952, an Archive.org.

The fort at the three rivers by Snow, Dorothea J., 1909-, Publication date 1968, an Archive.org.
FOREWORD In May, 1964, Pi Chapter of Psi Iota Xi Sorority made a challenge grant to the Allen County Fort Wayne Historical Society to research the historical data necessary to build an accurate reconstruction of the Old Fort. The grant was to be used, in part, to employ research scholars, to prepare and publish their findings and to bring to Fort Wayne for the first time a documented account of her earliest history. The resulting body of documents and source materials is now housed in the Historical Museum. It is on this Psi Ote Collection that Dorothea Snow has based her book, an accurate account of early Fort Wayne, written as a gift to the children of our city. Pi Chapter of Psi Iota Xi believes that bringing to life the story of the beginning of this community is as important a contribution as we could make to our fellow citizens. We are honored, therefore, to present Miss Snow's book to this and all future generations. We are proud to have had a part in preserving and bringing to our children their heritage.

Diary of Captain John Cooke, 1794 Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, 1953, an Archive.org. The Foreword states: Primary source materials relating to General Wayne's sojourn at Fort Wayne are scarce. Extracts from the diary of one of his captains were published in the Fort Wayne Gazette eighty years ago.

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  1. Merchant-Huxford House (520 Tennessee Ave.) is threatened with vacancy and decay. The house was the home of one of Fort Wayne's early mayors and legendarily contains timbers from the last fort in Fort Wayne. from Endangered structures, Archie winners named published November 15, 2012 in The Journal Gazette newspaper but no longer online.
  2. At the headwaters of the Maumee : a history of the forts of Fort Wayne, by Paul Woehrmann ; with an introd. by Richard C. Knopf, Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society, 1971
  3. 1981 photos posted March 19, 2017 on You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook.
  4. Indiana at 200 (5): Land of Three Rivers brief history of forts of Fort Wayne by Andrea Neal published August 12, 2013 on Indiana Policy.org.
  5. 2013, February 21 the old fort photos by Ashley Letourneau Photography blog
  6. The early history of Fort Wayne SUMMIT CITY HISTORY NOTES by Richard Battin published October 19, 1993 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.

  7. June 1, 2016 post by Historic Fort Wayne on Facebook:

    1816: Frontier Fort to Statehood

    June 11-12

    A view of Fort Wayne in 1816

    Major Francis Smith Belton (1791 - 1861) was a U.S. Army officer who served in a number of campaigns starting with the War of 1812. He had a fiery temperament and was twice convicted by court-martial. At least one case involved a dispute with a fellow officer. Both times he was reinstated to service.

    In December 1816, while serving in NYC as a staff brevet major in the Dragoons, he was assigned as assistant inspector general to the post in Detroit. He arrived at Detroit on January 18, 1817 and spent the year based there but traveling to inspect the various Army posts reporting to Detroit. This picture is one of a series of five sketches he apparently made during this journey. The Fort Wayne view bears the date of 1816 and may either be an error or from an earlier unrecorded journey.

  8. For Wall of Fame Wednesday we share the inside cover of the 1967 "HISTORIC FORT WAYNE IN PICTURES" a Coloring Book. Stop...

    Posted by Hofer and Davis,Inc. LAND SURVEYORS on Wednesday, March 27, 2019

    Wednesday, March 27, 2019 post by Hofer and Davis,Inc. LAND SURVEYORS on Facebook:

    For Wall of Fame Wednesday we share the inside cover of the 1967 "HISTORIC FORT WAYNE IN PICTURES" a Coloring Book. Stop by at 1910 Saint Joe Center Road Suite 51 to see this...and sooooo much more! We'll even get your picture and add it to our album!

    They posted many of the Coloring Book posts.

  9. January 8, 2020 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook:

    For "Wall of Fame" Wednesday we share another page from the 1967 coloring book HISTORIC FORT WAYNE IN PICTURES by the ALLEN COUNTY - FORT WAYNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.

    [ Although the Indians had lived in peace and friendship with the French, the arrival of the English marked the beginning of troubled times. The English newcomers realized the importance of winning the Indians to their side if they were to gain contorl of the land around the threee rvers. The Indians were given guns and amunition and many deserted their French friends to aid the British. Thus it was that the French Post Miami was burned by the Indians in 1747. ]

  10. The fort at the three rivers (1968) - Snow, Dorothea J., 1909-, "A project of Pi Chapter, Psi Iota Xi Sorority and the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society in cooperation with the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County."
  11. Fort Wayne, the frontier post - Roberts, Bessie K, reprint of her Historical Fort Wayne, 1682-1933 (1933)
  12. Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828 by Charles Poinsatte, Allen County, Fort Wayne Historical Society, 1976 read online at the Gutenberg Project.
  13. There is a book Five Forts by John Ankenbruck, 1972, The News Publishing Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana 48601.
  14. Historic Fort Wayne has a YouTube channel
  15. March 23, 2017 a post by Historic Fort Wayne on Facebook posted a television screen shot: Big Bang Theory held their version of March Madness, with a ‘Elite Eight’ bracket for best Fort. Looks like we lost out to Fort Knox. Fort Cozy McBlanket won. How is your bracket doing?
  16. Fort Wayne History at Visit Fort Wayne.
  17. Fort Wayne on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
  18. Forts of Fort Wayne on Wikipedia
  19. Fort Wayne on FortWiki.com
  20. City of Fort Wayne wins All America City in 2009 for 3rd time, is in Hall of Fame for 1982 and 1998 sponsored by the National Civic League
  21. City of Fort Wayne celebrates April 12, 2008 as the million dollar winner in ABC's
  22. Learn about the Past at Fort Wayne’s Old Fort by Kayleen Reusser published April 11, 2015 on The Indiana Insider Blog.
  23. Kekionga on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
  24. Test Your Knowledge of the Fort Wayne Old Fort! posted by Louisa D. on July 29, 2016 the Visit Fort Wayneblog.
  25. The Old Council Housewas a large two-story log building built in 1804 for hosting the Native leaders by Tom Castaldi published January 30, 2014 and again June 12, 2014 in the History Center Notes & Queries blog.
  26. Colonial America on the Frontier 1775 - 1783: Reenacting in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Historical Ken published August 7, 2017 on PassionForThePast blog.
  27. July 30, 2022 discussion about the forts and General Anthony Wayne on Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne Private Facebook Group

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