Although in more recent years, Fort Wayne has been known primarily as the “Summit City,” the city has been known by many other names. Originally near a portage, later a canal and the a rail center, then a stop on the first coast-to-coast paved highway, Fort Wayne was the “Gateway to the West.” Located at the highest point on the continental divide between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico watersheds, Fort Wayne is known as the “Summit City”. A home of many and diverse denominations, and enough wealth to build facilities for them, Fort Wayne is the “City of Churches.” Look Magazine called Fort Wayne the “America’s happiest Town”.
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