"The country around Fort Wayne is very fertile. The situation is commanding and healthful...Here will arise a town of great importance, which must become a depot of immense trade."-James Riley,Civil Engineer for the Wabash-Erie Canal

A Special Thanks to the following........

Ginger Mueller...What a Decade!!!: The 70's & 80's

Allen County Public Library: Digital Library Collection

The Minihaha Foundation: Mapping of the Portage Roads

Michael C. Hawfield..Here's Fort Wayne: Past & Present

John Ankenbruck The Fort Wayne Story: A Pictorial History.

Robert J. Scholes..Growing Up in Happy Days: Fort Wayne in the 50's

Casey Drudge..Robison Park, A Fresh Look: Excursion to Robison Park 1910

Michael C. Hawfield..Fort Wayne Cityscapes: Highlights of a Community's History