Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Elex Club Scrapbook, 1954-1955 (#2) from The Genealogy Center » Free Databases » Fort Wayne & Allen County, Indiana Resources » General Electric Collection » Elex Club Scrapbooks » Elex Club Scrapbook, 1954-1955 (#2).

Over 200 Reagan search results in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library

No trick, a real treat: On Halloween in 1954, the host of General Electric Theatre and GE company spokesperson arrived in Fort Wayne to tour the GE facilities – his name was Ronald Reagan.

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No trick, a real treat: On Halloween in 1954, the host of General Electric Theatre and GE company spokesperson arrived in Fort Wayne to tour the GE facilities – his name was Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

President Reagan during a Visit to the Fort Wayne, Indiana Flood Victims on March 16, 1982 by the Reagan Library published on April 19, 2017

See March 16, 1982 Timeline and Flood information on our Rivers page.

Happy President's Day! We have a variety of presidential materials out at the Archives, including photographs. One such...

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Happy President's Day!

We have a variety of presidential materials out at the Archives, including photographs. One such photograph is President Ronald Reagan helping sandbag the St. Mary's River in Fort Wayne, which had been devastated by flooding in 1982.

Lean more about the President's visit: Reagan Joins in Passing Out Sandbags In Surprise Visit to Flooded Ind. City by Herbert H. Denton published March 17, 1982 in the Washington Post.

Learn more about our collections: https://www.in.gov/iara/3197.htm

There were other photos when he met with volunteer sandbaggers at Herman and Sherman Blvd during the March 16, 1982 flood broadcast nationwide.

Kevin Leininger of the The News-Sentinel newspaper discusses in the video how he was in the right place and right time to get the story of the "photo-op" at the 4:55 minute mark of the Patty's Page - Interview with Kevin Leininger, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel by abitibibob March 4, 2012 on YouTube.
Patty Hunter, along with co-host Terry Doran, interview Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reporter Kevin Leininger about his career and news stories he has covered, including a memorable encounter with President Ronald Reagan and a staged photo-op by the President during the "Great Flood of 1982." Taped February 6, 2012 for Access Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.