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Friday, August 27, 2010

Rescuing Catherine Dinklage from the Basement!

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A commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution needs to acknowledge the decades of hard work on the ...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Franke Park Day Camp and Wildcat Baseball: Two Amazing Fort Wayne Summer Traditions

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My two children are wrapping up a summer in which they participated in two venerable Fort Wayne traditions - Wildcat Baseball and the day ca...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

The Mystery of Washington Corpse

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In Thomas B. Helm's History of Allen County, Indiana , published by Kingman Brothers in 1880, an unusual name appears among the list of ...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

History Center Rescues Farnsworth Artifacts

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By now many of you have heard that the “Philo T. Farnsworth Television Museum,” recently of Auburn, closed and sold the majority of its over...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Indomitable Rhesa Swinney

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One of the treasures of the History Center's collection is the daguerreotype of Rhesa Swinney (1833-1911), daughter of Thomas and Lucy (...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Who Signaled Paul Revere?

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Who was the "friend" who flashed the lanterns from the Old North Church tower in 1775 and immortalized in Longfellow's "M...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Learn About the Dead Guys Our Streets Are Named After, Part 1: Harmar Street

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This title is one of my favorites from the "10 Worst Slogans" published below. It's one of those things where, the more you la...
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