A lot of places in northeast Indiana have French names. Although most
white people in Fort Wayne today are Germans, the French were the first
white people to live in Indiana, in the late 1600s, and they had a
tremendous cultural impact. In the 1820s, the chief of the Miami Indians,
the tribe that controlled most of Indiana until 1794, was named
Jean-Baptiste de Richardville. His house is the oldest building in Fort
Wayne.
http://www.fwhistorycenter.com/chiefRichardvilleHouse.html
Besancon is just a crossroads in the eastern part of Allen County, about
10 miles east of Fort Wayne. All that is there is a Catholic church, the
abandoned schoolhouse, and a couple of farmhouses. There used to be a
larger school across the street from the schoolhouse, which closed decades
ago and was finally demolished a few years ago. Besancon is still marked
as a town on maps.
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On 1/22/13 3:50 PM, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>Used to be the French capital of watch/clock makers - close to
>Switzerland
>
>Ph
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>Le 22 janv. 13 à 21:47, Jez Cunningham a écrit :
>
>> You'd have heard of it if you'd asked directions to the city in France
>> of the same name, without noticing they spell it Besançon...
>>
>> http://george.loper.org/george/archives/2004/Apr/877.html
>>
>> On 22/01/2013, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Very nice, Chris. I've never heard of Besancon before.
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Braun
>>> Certified Music Junkie
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>>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.". -- Harlan
>>> Howard
>>>
>>> On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:00, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is the second photograph that I made of the abandoned one-
>>>> room brick
>>>> schoolhouse at Besancon, Indiana. It was made in 1998 as part of
>>>> my art
>>>> school graduation portfolio.
>>>>
>>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1590
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