26. “Fort Wayne-Allen County: The Home of Many Inventions” by MichaelHawfield27.“BriefHistoryofLawandOrderinAllenCounty”by William C. Lee28.“FortWayne’sMedicalSocietysinceWorldWarII” byDr.EdwinStumpf

Part 6: ALLEN COUNTY AND FORT WAYNE IN A

GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING29. ‘”Where the Rivers Meet: An Ecological History of Fort Wayne andAllenCounty”byJaneGrant30.“GeologyandSoilConservationinAllenCounty”byDanMcCain31. “FortWayneParks:APoliticalHistory”byJulieDonnell32.“NeighborhoodsandSuburbanDevelopments”byAngieQuinn33.“HistoricPreservationinAllenCounty”byAngieQuinn34. “Preserving the Allen County Courthouse” by Michael Westfall35.“FloodinginFortWayne”byJohnH.Shoaff36. “For the Future of Fort Wayne: A History of Urban Planning in AllenCounty”byJohnStafford

Part 7: THE TOWNSHIPS OF ALLEN COUNTY37.AboiteTownshipbyAngieQuinn,DeliaBourne,andJohnBeatty38.AdamsTownshipbyJohnBeatty39.CedarCreekTownshipbyLouAnnGerdau40.CedarCreekTownship,TownofGrabillbyJoanneSauder41.EelRiverTownshipbyRonFelger42.JacksonandJeffersonTownshipsbyRalphViolette43.LafayetteTownshipbyMartyWyall&MelbaEdwards44.LakeTownshipbyKenKurtz45.MadisonTownshipbyJohnBeattyandDeliaBourne46.MarionTownshipbyJohnBeattywithCherieAldrich47.MaumeeTownshipbyJohnandDeliaBourne48.MilanTownshipbyJohnBeatty49.MonroeTownshipbyLoisTernetwithDeborahEidson50.PerryTownshipbyJohnBeattyetal51. PleasantTownshipbyDawneSlater-Putt52.St.JosephTownshipbyDeliaBourne53.ScipioTownshipbyElaineKuhn54.SpringfieldTownshipbyJoeFogle55.WashingtonTownshipbySuzAnneRunge56.WayneTownshipbyBobStark&CynthiaCornwell

Part 8: PEOPLING ALLEN COUNTY57.“African-AmericansinFortWayneto1870”byAngieQuinn58.“TheAfrican-AmericanHistoryofFortWayne”byHanaStith59. “Race Relations in Fort Wayne” by Willis Clark60.“BritishinAllenCounty”byJohnBeatty61. “BurmeseinFortWayne”byNeilSowards62.“FrenchandFrench-CanadiansinAllenCounty”byJohnBeatty63.“GermansinFortWayne”byJimSack64.“GreeksofFortWayne”byStanleyAntalis65.“HistoryofHispanics/LatinosinAllenCounty”by HerbHernandez66. “Irish in Fort Wayne” by Thomas Logan67.“ItaliansofAllenCounty”byTomCastaldi68. ”Lebanese-SyrianImmigrantsofAllenCounty”byOttoand PhilipBonahoom69.“MacedoniansofFortWayne”byIvanLebamoff70.“PrehistoricIndianaandtheMiamiIndiansofAllenCounty”by DonaldGaff71. “RomaniansofFortWayne”byJohnZakhiandJohnBeatty72.“ComingtoFortWayne:FiveRefugeeGroups”[Vietnam,Laos, Burma,USSR,Bosnia]byPeggySeigel

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Contents of the Allen County History Book

InanefforttocompilethemostcompletehistoryofAllenCountypossible,theHistoricalandGenealogicalsocietieshaverecruiteda team of more than 50 local authors to write articles on various aspectsofthecounty’shistoryinwhatwillbepresentedasahistoricalanthology.Inadditiontobiographicalsubmissionsfromlocalfamilies,businesses,schoolsandcongregations,andclubsandorganizations,theAllenCountyHistoryBookwillincludethefollowing:

1. IntroductionbyJohnD.Beatty,bibliographerfortheGenealogy DepartmentoftheAllenCountyPublicLibrary

Part 1: HISTORICAL SURVEY OF FORT WAYNE2. “‘ThatGloriousGate’:TheContestfortheThreeRiversRegion 1680-1794”byJohnBeatty3. “FrontierOutpost:FortWayne1794-1819”byJohnBeatty4. “ACityTakesRoot:FortWayne’sPioneerDevelopment1819- 1855”byJohnBeatty5. “FortWayneintheCivilWarEra1855-1870”byJohnBeatty6. “GildedAgeFortWayne1870-1900”byJohnBeatty7. ”Fort Wayne from the Progressive Era to the Roaring Twenties 1900-1930”byJohnBeatty8. “FortWayneintheGreatDepression”byDeliaBourne9. “WarandProsperity:FortWayne1940-1960”byDeliaBourne10. “AChangingCity:FortWayne1960-1980”byJohnBeatty11. “HardshipandRenewal:HistoryofFortWayne1980-2005”by JohnBeatty

Part 2: TRANSPORTATION IN ALLEN COUNTY12. “TheWabash&ErieCanal”byThomasCastaldi13. “HistoryofRailroadsinFortWayneandAllenCounty”by WalterSassmannshausen14. “A Century of the Automobile in Allen County” by Donn Werling15. “LincolnHighway:MainStreetacrossAmerica”by JanShupert-Arick16. “A History of Aviation in Fort Wayne” by William Decker

Part 3: WOMEN OF ALLEN COUNTY17. “WhatShallWeDowithOurDaughters:ChangingRolesofFort WayneWomen1870-1920”byPeggySeigel18. “ForgingNewGround:FortWayneWomen1920-1980”by Christine Erickson

Part 4: CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN ALLEN COUNTY

19. “HistoryoftheArtsinFortWayne,Indiana”byAnitaCast20.“HistoryofFortWayneBroadcasting”byRichardFlorea21. “FortWayneEntertainment”byPatriciaSagesterArthur22.“DietofAllenCountyResidents,1700-2005”byAngieQuinn23.“HistoryofFortWayneSports”byRyanTaylorandDonGraham

Part 5: SOME MILESTONES IN FORT WAYNE AND ALLEN COUNTY

24.“PoliticalHistoryofAllenCounty”byG.StanleyHood25.“MilitaryHistoryofAllenCounty”byAlanGaff

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