Fort Wayne

Adair County · on US-59, two miles south of Grove

Established in 1838 and known originally as Camp Illinois, Fort Wayne was originally located northeast of present Watts in Adair County on a hill overlooking the Illinois River. Considered a poor location due to many soldiers having died there, the fort was relocated to Beatie’s Prairie in present Delaware County in 1840. Fort Wayne was abandoned in 1842. At the onset of the Civil War, Stand Watie used the post to form his regiment of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers. Union forces defeated Confederate troops led by Col. Douglas H. Cooper in the Battle of Fort Wayne on October 22, 1862.

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