The Forts of Fort Wayne: Twenty-Five Years of Army Occupation at the Three RiversMain MenuWhy Fort Wayne MattersThe Goals of this ProjectFortifying the RiversThe First American Fort is BuiltA New Century and a New FortThe Second Fort, 1800-1815Statehood SentryThe Third Fort, 1815-1819A Fort RebornPreserving the Past for the Next GenerationCory Balkenbusch1813df9caeea31c6742588d0733c7e303d399f25
Immense amounts of record keeping were needed to keep a frontier fort running smoothly.
1media/287977540_10160783684425628_6747337927324353331_n_thumb.jpg2023-05-29T23:15:47+00:00Cory Balkenbusch1813df9caeea31c6742588d0733c7e303d399f25Will as LT2Due to Captain Rhea's drunkenness, the Fort's lieutenants were forced to arrest him and take command. Will O'Brien is dressed as a lieutenant around the time of the siege in this photograph.media/287977540_10160783684425628_6747337927324353331_n.jpgplain2023-05-29T23:18:36+00:00Historic Fort WayneCory Balkenbusch1813df9caeea31c6742588d0733c7e303d399f25