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At that time, Fort Wayne was the largest motor supply depot in the entire world, the command center controlling the flow of materiel from the automobile factories to the citywide network of storage and staging facilities, which included the Michigan State Fairgrounds, and the Port of Detroit terminal. Every single tank, truck, jeep, tire, or ...
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. [10] Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border [11] and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. [12]
Fort Wayne is Detroit's third fort, after Fort Detroit and Fort Lernoult. The original star fort and barracks at Fort Wayne was constructed in 1845-48. It served as a mustering center and garrison post from the Civil War though the Vietnam War. Later buildings were added outside the star fort, including officer's homes, a guard post, hospital ...
The reconstruction of Fort Michilimackinac is a state park and ongoing archaeological site. Fort Miami, at St. Joseph, Michigan, a stockade built by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in use from late 1679 to 1680; Fort de Buade, in 1683 the Jesuit mission at St. Ignace was fortified, Fort de Buade was built in 1690 and was used until 1701
Reorganized and Federally recognized 6 April 1921 in the Michigan National Guard at Ionia as Company H, Infantry Redesignated 28 November 1921 as Company H, 126th Infantry, an element of the 32d Division Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Ionia (Headquarters, 32d Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as Headquarters, 32d Infantry ...
James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, has had his jail phone rights limited “due to threatening statements,” officials said.
Innovation & Technology, a new gallery opened in 2012, features a number of the products that were created and produced by entrepreneurs in Fort Wayne and Allen County. Old City Jail, This section of the Old City Hall building housed the Police Department. There were offices, an interrogation room, a garage for vehicles, and most notably the ...
The expo's main building, located on the riverfront west of Fort Wayne, was designed by architect Louis Kamper, and featured 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) of exhibition space. The fair was a resounding success, drawing 300,000 attendees, which prompted officials to make the expo an annual affair, but declining attendance ended the event by 1894.