Observed arrival · 2026-09-21

The Fort Wayne Standard

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Editorial interest 88/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A local historical record combining archival stories, Fort Wayne maps, community reporting, and a directory of resources.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-21 issue.

For: Fort Wayne history readers and map browsers
Worth noticing: Its history pieces compare conflicting accounts and cite specific archival volumes, scans, and newspaper records.

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The project organizes its material around source-based local history rather than generic regional promotion. Its examples identify particular archival trails, including the Fort Wayne Sentinel, county histories by Brice and Griswold, garrison orderly books, and Internet Archive scans. A separate map interface covers seven sheets from 1803 through 1898 and asks visitors to choose a township, giving the site a browsable research component alongside its articles.

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