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ID: 7013933
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Record Type: administrative |
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Fort Wayne (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 07 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.1167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 07 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -85.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located where St. Marys & St. Joseph rivers flow together to form Maumee River; French established trading post here at a natural stronghold that was once the chief town of the Miami tribe; town grew with Wabash & Erie Canal in 1830s & railroads in 1850s. |
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| Fort Wayne (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who constructed log stockade here in 1794 |
| Kekionga (H,V)
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............ | name of original Amerindian town here |
| Fort Miami (C,V)
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| Frenchtown (C,V)
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| Kiskakon (C,V)
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| Miami Town (C,V)
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| Omee Town (C,V)
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| Post Miami (C,V)
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| Twightwee Village (C,V)
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Allen (county) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by the French in late 17th cen., on the site of a Miami town |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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since 1824 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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when taken by English in 1760, by Amerindians under Pontiac in 1763, & by General Wayne in 1794 |
| frontier settlement (H) |
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