Fort Wayne Normal School - Annual Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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1 4 OUR YESTERD.-xys IIIIAJIII TOll'N IOM the Dike Along tl.e St. Joe, Between: Lake and Riciermetj. Upon the opposite bank of the St. joseph, there existed, for many years, a strong French settlement knowiras Miami Town, ruled by the Indian Chief, LeGris. It was destroyed by I-Iarmar's troops in 1790. IVABASH AND ERIE CANAL ICro.vri1zg of Nickel Plate at Harrison Slreeij. The right-of-way of the Nickel Plate railroad through Fort NVayne was formerly the route of the VVabash and Erie Canal, one of the greatest of all artificial waterways. It ex- tended from Toledo, Ohio, to Evansville, Indiana, with Fort VVayne as the chief port of commerce. C.-MIP ALLEN fiff Entrance to Stuimzey Parkj. ' A Lpon-the grounds on the opposite bank of the river, known as Camp Allen, thousands ot men ot northern Indiana were recruited for service in the Civil VVar. FRENCH FORT KAI' East End of Blain Street Bridgej. On the east bank of the St. Mary's river, about two squares north of this point, stood an ancient French fort, erected to form a defense against the English. The fort was aban- doned in 1750 Cforty-four years before General Wayne's campaignb, and a new French fort erected on the St. joseph river at the junction of St. joe Boulevard and Delaware Avenue. The remains of the aqueduct which conveyed the VVabash and- Erie Canal across the river may be seen between the two railroad bridges, west bank. HARMAR'S BATTLEEIELD KNear tlze fzzlzriion of Delaware Azfenue and St. Jae Blvdj Upon the field to the east and south was fought, on October 22, 1790, the fiercestengage- ment of the battle between General Harmar's troops and the Indians under Little Turtle. I11 the river, many of the Indians were caught in the cross-fire between the 'detachments under Major Fontaine and Major McMullan, on the east bank, and Major Hall on the west bank. Major Fontaine, with a number of his men died near this spot. Firearms have been found in the river bed after lying there over 100 years. W SITE OF LAST FRENCH FORT IAt the Iznzcfimz of Delaware Ave. and Sf. foe Bl'vd.1 Upon this site, in 1750-1751, Captain M. de Raimond erected the last of the French forts on the soil of the present Fort VVayne. This fort was captured by the British in 1760. In 1763, at the outbreak of the Pontiac conspiracy, the British commandant, Ensign Robert Holmes, was murdered and the garrison captured by the Indians, aided by the French. HARMARHS FORD IA! Some Paint Along Edgewater IIZIGIIZLCQ. On the morning of October 22, I790, Chief Little Turtle, leader of the Indians, met the approaching troops of General Harmar at the ford of the Maumee river near this point. The fierce assault brought death to Major john VVyllys and many of his officers and men. A total of 183 men of Harmar's command lost their lives in the disastrous campaign. SITE OF OLD FORT WAYNE IAt Old Fort Parkj. This triangular piece of ground was a portion of the areas enclosed by the last group of blockhouses, garrison buildings and palisades known as Fort VVayne. This last fort was built by Colonel john Hunt, probably in ISGO. It was rebuilt by Major John Whistler in 1815-1816. General VVayne's fort was located a short distance to the southward. QSee cor- ner of Berry and Clay streets.Q SITE OF GENERAL IVA VNE'S FORT IA! ilzu Norflzeast Corner of Clay and Berry St.j This corner lot, No. 11, is believed to have occupied the center of the fort originally erected by General Anthony Wayne in September and October, 1794. It was abandoned upon the erection of the new fort by Colonel john Hunt in 1800, one square north of this spot. CSee Old Fort Parkb SITE OE COUNCIL HOUSE IA! the Lot Next East of No. I Engine Housej. The last council house, erected after the Indians had burned the earlier council house, in 1812, occupied the site of this lot. It was used as a place of council with the Indians, and later as a schoolhouse and residence. THE SUMMER SCHOOL The first summer session of the Fort VVayne Normal School opened on June 22, 1920, with an enrollment of twenty students drawn from the city teachers. In 1921 the enroll- ment increased to eighty students and its faculty was enlarged from two instructors to eight. They were Miss Wilber, principalg Miss Beulah Rinehart, Miss Mary Young, E. M. Suter, Miss Mary Paxton, Miss Erma Dochterman, Miss Gertrude Zook, and Maurice E. Murphy. The term was lengthened from six weeks the first year to twelve weeks the second, The students were drawn from a large area, coming from Illinois, Ohio, and Wis- consin, as well as from towns surrounding Fort VVayne. As many students drove in from the surrounding districts in automobiles, the curbs about the school were lined with cars during the sessions. Before this time, the tradition that only girls attended the school had been broken by only one young man. Nine young men took the course in the summer term.

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