Waynedale History

The Chief Richardville House at 5705 Bluffton Road (behind 1st Source Bank) is open for public tours starting Saturday, June

The Fort Wayne Aviation Company As you drive west from Waynedale to 5036 Lower Huntington Road, before you get to

The Tower and the Church   In the late 1920’s a first lone gasoline pump occupied the northwest corner of Old Trail

Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1904 was a historic and eventful day for hundreds of Missouri Synod Lutherans of Fort Wayne

In May 1944, Lester and Bertha Umber converted an old gas station at the corner of Lower Huntington Road and

Waynedale Annexed, June 1957 Editors Note: This article was found in The Waynedale News archives. The writer is unknown.  

Early 1900s   Previous issues traced the adventures and growth of Waynedale. The early 1900s were the creation years of

After the 1929 stock market crash our nation was thrown into a disastrous depression. One of the resulting freedoms exercised

Waynedale 1929/1930   Before the Great Depression, Waynedale was all for growth…new adventures, new businesses and exciting new gadgets to

PRAIRIE GROVE CHURCH AND CEMETERY The society that used to meet at Prairie Grove Chapel in Wayne Township was organized

Waynedale’s First Library   In 1928 Nobles Homestore acquired an Allen County Public Library Depository. As the picture shows it

The building pictured below was located at McArthur Drive and Ideal Avenue. It was built by Forest May and plastered

In 1919 my father, Edgar B. Noble Sr., bought 5 acres at the southwest corner of Indianapolis Road (then State

The way of life in the 1910s and 1920s found people who were very energetic, busy, and happy, with a

In the early 1870’s the railroad spur at the Lower Huntington Road intersection ignited the adventuresome spirit of our early

The first trading in this area was the French hunter befriending the Indians for the fur business. The region was

In the last issue of The Waynedale News, while researching Ed Noble’s history column, I speculated there might have been

The Growth of Waynedale Transportation   Pioneers with their families pushed westward with all of their possessions led by trusty

FIRST MILLIONAIRE IN WAYNEDALE   Waynedale’s first millionaire was Miami Indian Chief Jean (John) Baptiste De Richardville. Chief Richardville’s parents

Barb Noble dropped her husband, Ed off at The Waynedale News on Wednesday. Ed came in carrying a large picture