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ISBN: 978-1-4671-0210-0  by Randolph L. Harter and  Craig S. Leonard

Though occupied for over 10,000 years, Fort Wayne’s modern history begins just over 200 years ago with Gen. Anthony Wayne and his Miami nemesis, Chief Little Turtle. The pageant of history includes traders, industrialists, politicians, athletes, and movie stars. Included here are such notables as Hollywood’s Carol Lombard and Shelley Long, Ian Rolland of Lincoln Life, Big Boy’s Alex Azar, gangster Homer VanMeter, football’s Rod Woodson, inventor Philo Farnsworth and over 150 more.  Information was culled from the archives of the News-Sentinel, Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne History Center, and the Allen County Public Library, as well as the personal collections of many families.