General Fort Wayne Area Links
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Area Attractions and Links
- ACRES Land Trust - nature preserves around tri-state area since 1960 shows how area looked before settlers, 2009 guest speaker Last Child in the Woods - defined nature-deficit disorder - current computer cell phone generation of children have no connection to the natural world of our ancestors
- Allen County Fairgrounds
- Allen County Parks Department
- Allen County War Memorial Coliseum - north side of city since 1952
- ARCH - Architecture and Community Heritage since 1975
- Auburn Cord Dusenberg Automobile Museum - north in Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana
- Baseball in Fort Wayne - book by Chad Gramling, an officer in NEIBA - Northeast Indiana Baseball Association
- BBQ Ribfest - June at Headwaters Park downtown since 1997
- Botanical Conservatory - 3 linked greenhouses - seasonal displays, Tropical House, Sonoran Desert
- Carole Lombard grave not in area - Fort Wayne native however
- Cedar Creek DNR Scenic River - Cedar Creek Wildlife Project, Inc. - Wikipedia
- Embassy Theatre
- Fairfield Neighborhood
- Fort Wayne Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Fort Wayne Calendar of Events
- Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - rated in top 10 zoos by Parents Magazine, self-supporting without taxes
- Fort Wayne Freedom - Professional Indoor Football
- Fort Wayne Germanfest - June at Headwaters Park downtown since 1981
- Fort Wayne Kekionga Baseball Team - won first professional baseball game ever played May 4, 1871, became Brooklyn Dodgers who became 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers
- Fort Wayne International Airport
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art
- Fort Wayne Sports Corporation
- Glenbrook Square - shopping mall
- Grand Wayne Center - convention center across from Allen County Public Library
- Great Black Swamp - east of Fort Wayne into northwest Ohio
- Headwaters Park / Ice Rink - downtown Fort Wayne
- Hello Fort Wayne.com
- Historic Embassy Theatre - a block from ACPL, opened in 1928 during vaudeville era, restored in 1970's
- Historic Buildings in West Central Neighborhood
- History of Sports in Fort Wayne - Wikipedia - Bookrags - Sports
- Home and Garden Show - late February at Memorial Coliseum since 1973
- Home for many inventions
- Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Jefferson Pointe - shopping center
- Johnny Appleseed Festival - in September with large crowds since 1974
- Komet's Hockey
- Lincoln Highway Across Indiana book review on Journal Gazette.com
- Indiana Lincoln Highway Association
- Lincoln Museum - relocating to Allen County Public Library
- Little River Wetlands Project - west side of city, bald eagles frequent area, since 1990 1,000 restored acres of marsh and prairie of former 25,000 acre Great Marsh
- Mad Ants - NBA Development Basketball Team
- Mid-America Windmill Museum - north in Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana
- National Military History Museum - north in Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana
- Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association
- Northern Indiana National Weather Service - NOAA
- Northeast Indiana Green Build Coalition
- Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership
- Northside Neighborhood
- Oakdale Neighborhood
- Philo T. Farnsworth inventor of television, his company was Capehart Farnsworth
- Pierre's - night club entertainment
- River Greenway Trail - 20 miles of trails along the banks of the St. Mary's, St. Joseph and the Maumee Rivers
- Saint Francis University
- Science Central - for children since 1995 next to Lawton Park and Kid's Crossing Playground
- Shipshewanna - Amish Country north in LaGrange County, Indiana
- South Wayne Neighborhood
- Sweetwater Sound - sells music related technology around the world
- Swinney Homestead - Settlers, Inc. - since 1971 with gift shop and herb garden
- Swinney Park / Jailhouse Flats - minor league baseball park 1880s to 1930
- Sycamore Hills Golf Club - Jack Nicklaus designed golf course
- Three Rivers Festival - 9 days in early July since 1968, 400,000 attendees is 2nd largest outdoor Indiana event to Indianapolis 500, 80% of events are free
- TinCaps Baseball - Affiliate of San Diego Padres
- Vera Bradley - home office for high end cotton fabric purses and fashion items
- West Central Neighborhood Association
- Williams Woodland Park Neighborhood
- Fred Zollner - started Zollner Pistons in 1941, helped form National Basketball Association in 1949 Fort Wayne, 1957 moved to Detroit, 1999 inducted in NBA Hall of Fame, 2009 factory closes
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