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How can you not like a place named after a madman? (General “Mad” Anthony Wayne.) That's probably not a good enough reason to choose it as a place to go to college, so it is lucky that Fort Wayne has other advantages. Almost alone amongst the Rust Belt cities, it hasn't suffered a drop in population as heavy industry declined. This has kept social tensions a lot lower than they are in some other similar places. While the population is just over 200,000, it hasn't lost that big city feel either. That extends to things like theaters (they support 22 different arts and performance outlets for example) and professional sports.
A Little About Fort Wayne:
Fort Wayne is located in the northeastern part of Indiana, The city is named after General “Mad” Anthony Wayne who built a fort at the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers in 1794. The two rivers join to form the Maumee River.
Wabash-Erie Canal and the coming of the railroad in the mid-1800s spurred the city’s industrial growth. Today Fort Wayne is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, and a manufacturing center in both the high-technology electronics and automotive industries.
Johnny Appleseed is actually buried in Fort Wayne. He is honored in the pioneer festival which occurs in the fall. Fort Wayne is home to inventions such as the washing machine, baking powder, calculator, juke box, television, refrigerator, stereo sound, the garbage disposal, magnetic wire, streetlights and the gasoline pump were first created and manufactured.
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