Founding of Fort Wayne
- When
- 1794
- Where
- Fort Wayne, near the Miami village of Kekionga, in what is now northeastern Indiana
- Part of
- Founding of Fort Wayne
The United States Army under General Anthony Wayne built Fort Wayne in 1794 near the Miami village of Kekionga, the last in a series of forts there.
Fort Wayne was built in 1794 by the United States Army under the direction of American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne. It was the last in a series of forts constructed near the Miami village of Kekionga. Its establishment followed the Battle of Fallen Timbers and ended a roughly three-decade period, dating from 1763, during which no active fort existed at Kekionga. A legacy record associates the founding with 22 October 1794, but the supplied passages support only the year 1794 and do not confirm the specific day, so the founding is dated to 1794.
Sources
- Fort Wayne, Indiana Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
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