Remembering Fort Wayne
At the centennial of its founding by General Anthony Wayne in 1794, the city of Fort Wayne could boast prosperity and rapid growth as a leading industrial center of the Midwest. By the start of World War I, it had become the second-largest city in Indiana.
With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book Historic Photos of Fort Wayne, Scott M. Bushnell provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Fort Wayne. The images collected here offer a kaleidoscopic look into the history of this remarkable city, from its early days to recent times. Remembering Fort Wayne captures unique and rare scenes of the city through the lens of more than a hundred historic photographs.
Published in vivid black-and-white, these images communicate the historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique metropolis. Remembering Fort Wayne is sure to captivate anyone curious about the city’s past, from the student of history to the local history buff.
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Book details
- Text by
- Scott M. Bushnell
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 134
- Formats
- Paperback
- Series
- Remembering
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
History › United States › State & Local › Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) - Topics
- Fort Wayne, Indiana · local history · historic photography · Indiana cities · pictorial history · Midwest history · urban development
- ISBN-13
- 9781683368311
About the author
SCOTT M. BUSHNELL is a writer and former journalist who has authored five books on Indiana and regional history. His recent books include Roanoke: The Renaissance of a Hoosier Village, Remembering Fort Wayne and Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions: The History of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
Bushnell reported and edited for newspapers in New York State and Connecticut and for the Associated Press, then worked in corporate communications for two Fortune 500 companies. He holds degrees from Dutchess Community College and Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, and served as copy editor of History of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1700–2005.
Scott and his wife, Barbara, live in rural northeast Indiana.