Strong Wayne (Indiana)

History

The name of the city comes from the name of a strong bench in 1794 by the general Anthony Wayne with the junction of the river St Joseph and the river St Marys (which form the Maumee river). The strong first at this place was built by Jean Baptiste Bissot, sior of Vincennes, in 1704.

Liéées Fort Wayne personalities

Sport

Basketball

A frankness from basketball was founded in 1941 Fort Wayne, in the Indiana, by Fred Zollner, manufacturing owner of a company of the parts for the General Motors, under the name of Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons . It evolved/moved then in the National Basketball League. In 1949, it is committed in the Basketball Association off America (BAA) and is then famous Fort Wayne Pistons , name which it will preserve the following year, at the time of its arrival in NBA. In 1958, the Pistons move towards Detroit, a city whose dimension is more in agreement with the ambitions of the frankness and who did not have any more a professional team since the departure of Gems towards Mineapolis in 1947, and become the Detroit Pistons , losing their bond with Fort Wayne

Hockey

The Komets de Fort Wayne of the international Ligue of hockey evolve/move in Fort Wayne since 1959.

Economy

Fort Wayne has an airport ( Smith Field , code AITA: SMD).

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