During the American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne was noted for his intense, explosive personality. He would later become the army’s General in Chief, a US statesman, and a member of the US House of Representatives, but it was his early military career that earned him the nickname Mad
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The Apple of Our Eye: The Story Behind the Fort Wayne TinCaps
Fort Wayne, Indiana, has two notable claims to fame. First, in 1845, a noted American conservationist named John Chapman died and is buried there (more on him later). Second, on May 11, 1871, the first-ever professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne, when the Fort Wayne Kekiongas beat the Cleveland Forest Citys