On 1907, March 25 - An Old Citizen. Clipped from The Fort Wayne News 25 March 1907, Monday, Page 12. Clipped by StanFollisFW 19 Feb 2022. John H. Archer last Saturday celebrated his seventieth birthday anniversary. He was most intimately connected with much of the early history of Fort Wayne. He is one of the few men living who saw real live Indians walk the streets of Fort Wayne, who saw and knew Johnny Appleseed. who knew intimately all the early settlers of Fort Wayne. His family made the bricks with which was erected the first brick house in Fort Wayne-the Schwieters building on East Columbia street. He was born in March, 1837 on a farm in Washington township, about three miles north of the city. His ancestors on both sides were from revolutionary stock, his mother's relatives being connected with the Baltimores who first settled Maryland. His great-grandfather, Judge Benjamin Archer, settled in Fort Wayne in 1823, coming here from Dayton. Mr. Archer came to Fort Wayne in 1867, working first in a brick yard, and then in the boiler shop owned by the late Niel McLachlan. He after ward embarked in the real estate buisiness, in the pursuance of which he laid out many parts of what now forms the city of Fort Wayne. He laid out Beck's addition, Beck's sub., Archer's addition, Archer's outlots, Archer's Brookside addition, and Wiegman's addition, and he says he is not finished yet. He is in the best of health and is still active in business. He says he intends to keep on working for a long time.
Curious about what Indigenous people lived in Ohio (or elsewhere)? Visit the Native Land Digital Map of Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages. You can view it at their website https://native-land.ca/
Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas to be as high as 112 million in 1492, while others estimate the population to have been as low as eight million. In any case, the native population declined to less than six million by 1650. From The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 Second Revised Edition, Edited by William M. Denevan, With a Foreword by W. George Lovell, March 1992 at University of Wisconsin Press.
Born in Ashes: Indiana's Origins - Short Documentary about Indiana's Role in early U.S. History May 2, 2023 kennythenotsogreat on YouTube
While Indiana might not be the most well-known state today, it has played an integral role in the histories of both the (then) nascent United States and the various Native tribes that inhabited the region. What was referred to as the Northwestern Territory (Modern-day Midwestern U.S.) during the late 18th and early 19th century, would become the battleground of two major wars and Indiana would see a major part of those conflicts. Not only were there notable battles, but also exceptional people that took part on both sides of the conflict. From the Northwest Indian War to the War of 1812, Indiana's eventual statehood stemmed from these two conflicts, that finally paved the way for the United States to fully settle the Northwestern Territory. The Miami tribe, as well as other tribes such as the Shawnee, Lenape, Odawa, etc., would be either coerced or militarily forced to cede much of what used to be their lands and eventually be forced to move western across the Mississippi river. Find out in this short documentary about how all of this unfolded.
This production was possible due to the combined efforts of various organizations, all who were passionate about history and Indiana's history. We hope you find this video informative and enjoyable, as history is ever-changing, and the way we remember it shifts as well.
Allen County was created by legislative act on April 1, 1824. County officers were first elected May 22. The plat for the town of Fort Wayne accepted by the board of county commissioners designated a half square for use as a courthouse site and lots on which to locate “a seminary of learning”, and “a church, to be of no particular denomination, but free to all”. John T. Barr of Baltimore, Maryland, and John McCorkle of Piqua, Ohio gave lots to the county that were intended to be sold so that sale proceeds could be placed in the county treasury. These lots were part of a tract purchased by Barr and McCorkle from a government land sale. Copied from page 81 in texts Fort Wayne, gateway of the West, 1802-1813: Garrison orderly books, Indian Agency account book by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927, Publication date 1973 on Archive.org by way of the Allen County S1645, B66 1783-1882 collection at the Manuscripts & Rare Books Division Indiana State Library.
Description: In the Treaty of St. Mary's of 1818, the Miami Indians ceded their claim to a large amount of land to the United States and in 1823 the federal government agreed to open a land office in Fort Wayne and allow the city to be platted. This "Original Plat" of 118 lots over 109 acres became the basis of the emerging town. Bounded by the present streets of Barr, Washington, Superior, and the alley between Calhoun and Harrison, the streets were laid out parallel to Columbia Street-not in a true east-west compass direction. The plat also included a public square with Court Street as its eastern boundary. With the exception of Water Street, which has since been changed to Superior, the streets in the Original Plat retain the names given them in 1823.
The opening of the land office in 1823 had a significant effect on the town's pioneer settlement, al-lowing the public to buy the ceded Miami land. By May 1824, the Original Plat of the city was complete. The city's platting brought forward men who were adventurous entrepreneurs and developers. Sales at the land office boomed, especially after 1835, when there was a surge in land values. Fort Wayne began to grow as additions to the town adjoining the original plat were laid out by early land developers such as Cyrus Taber, Samuel Hanna, the Ewing Family, and William Rockhill.
1827 Indiana Map
Full Title: Indiana. Young & Delleker Sc. Published by A. Finley, Philada. (to accompany) A New General Atlas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, representing the Grand Divisions Of The Globe ... Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley. 1827. There are several other years for this collection. This historical cartographic image is part of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com, a large collection of online antique, rare, old, and historical maps, atlases, globes, charts, and other cartographic items. Read more about the Collection. Or you can view the entire David Rumsey Map Collection in Insight. Archive.org has almost Finley, Anthony 500 titles.
Three Rivers in TimePremiered Oct 1, 2021 by Dennis Neary on YouTube. Dennis Neary's critically acclaimed documentary on the Old Northwest Territory. Meet William Wells, a white boy adopted by Indians who becomes one of their fiercest warriors. Chief Little Turtle, mastermind of the greatest Native American victory over the US Army ever. Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, and more. Spanning 200 years, from early French explorers to American settlement. True stories of courage, love, bravery and daring, told through the eyes of historians, Chiefs and Native American descendants. 59 min., 1994
