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- B'nai B'rith, Hibernians, and the ethnic lodge layer Lodges & Fraternal Orders
- B'nai Israel, B'nai Jacob, and the Jewish Federation Churches & Religion
- BAE Systems — the engine controls of the jet age Technology
- BAE Systems and Raytheon · the present primes Military
- Baer Field · the wartime installation Military
- Baer Field comes home: the municipal airport, 1946–1991 Airports
- Baer Field Speedway: the track by the airport Racing
- Baker Street Station (1914) — the Station That Refused to Fall Architecture
- Ball State, the Library of Congress, and the university shelves Sources
- The band era: brass in the parks Music
- The bank buildings Banks
- Bank Robberies Section
- Banks Section
- Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller — Vera Bradley Founders & CEOs
- Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller: The Vera Bradley Fortune Great Fortunes
- Barbers, beauty culture, physicians, undertakers · the early professions Black History
- Barnett & Hanna Mill Notable People
- Barnett & Hanna Mill — the first gristmill (later Fairfield Mill, Beaver Mill, Glenwood Mill, Esmond Mill) Businesses
- Barnett–Hanna Trading Post Notable People
- Barnett–Hanna Trading Post — Samuel Hanna's store (later S. Hanna & Co.) Businesses
- Barr Street Market Businesses
- Barr Street Market Notable People
- Barr Street: the public market, 1837 to today Farms & Crops
- The barrier-breakers in uniform — the police firsts Public Servants
- Bars & Nightclubs Section
- Beatty & Robb (eds.), History of Fort Wayne & Allen County, Indiana, 1700–2005 (2006) Sources
- Beatty, Historical Sources of Fort Wayne, Indiana (2000) Sources
- Beauty culture: trained in Indianapolis, practiced on Hanna Street Fashion
- Beechwood Neighborhoods
- Before factories · the workshop town Industrial Revolution
- Before hospitals: care at home, the pest house, and the poor farm Hospitals
- Before museums: the relic culture Museums
- Before the City Section
- Before the companies: Fort Wayne's first stages Arts
- Before the country clubs: golf's first Fort Wayne clubs Private Clubs
- Before the county: how Kekionga governed itself Government
- Before the iron horse — the canal, and the railroad that replaced it Railroads
- Before the ledger: the fur-trade inheritance Exports
- Before the palaces: halls, opera houses, and the Temple Theatre Theaters
- Before the saucers: the airship wave of 1896–97 over Indiana UFO Sightings
- Before the web: the bulletin boards, and the unanswered ISP question Dot-Com Era
- The believers and the skeptics: Fort Wayne's investigators UFO Sightings
- The Bell Mansion — The Newest Haunt in Print Ghost Stories
- Ben Quayle Notable People
- The benevolent era opens · teachers, soldiers' aid and the first societies Women's History
- The Berghoff Brothers: Dortmunder Money Great Fortunes
- Bernard Pollard: South Side's Bonecrusher, and the third ring Sports Players
- The Berry Street vanguard: Oettel, Fishman, and the golden era Artists
- Between the Wars — Statues, Pools and Franke Park, 1918–1941 Parks & City Planning
- Beverly Parker · the case that is not on the board Cold Cases
- Beyond books: television, radio, reading services and maker labs Libraries
- The bicentennial year: 1994 Historic Preservation
- A bicycle club for a currency question Strange but True
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana Charities
- The big room: landmark concerts at the Memorial Coliseum Music
- Bike Trails Section
- Bill Blass Notable People
- Bill Blass: the dressmaker's son from South Calhoun Street Fashion
- Bill Blass: the dressmaker's son who dressed America Famous People
- Bill Jackson and the WPTA children's shows Comedy
- The Bird Boy's airport: Art Smith in the field record Airports
- Bird's-Eye Fort Wayne, 1868–1907 Historic Maps
- The birthday the city forgot: the centennial of 1895 Historic Preservation
- Bishop Dwenger Career Academy Schools & Colleges
- Bishop Dwenger High School Schools & Colleges
- Bishop Luers High School Schools & Colleges
- Black Fort Wayne's music: the ballroom record Music
- Black History Section
- The Black population series, 1850–2020 Population
- The Black Press — from the Observer to the Ink Spot Newspapers & Media
- The Black press · papers of record for a community the dailies missed Black History
- Blackhawk Neighborhoods
- Blackhawk Christian School Schools & Colleges
- Blackhawk Middle School Schools & Colleges
- Blackhawk Ministries Churches & Religion
- The Blacksnakes · the 122nd Fighter Wing as a standing wing Military
- The Blizzard of 1978: the snowmobile's week Snowmobile Trails
- The blizzard that bent the barometer Strange but True
- Bloomingdale Neighborhoods
- Bloomingdale Elementary School Schools & Colleges
- The Blue Book ledger for Fort Wayne UFO Sightings
- Blue Jacket Notable People
- The board · 2014–2019 Cold Cases
- The board · 2020–2025 Cold Cases
- A Board of Their Own — Park Government, 1894–1911 Parks & City Planning
- The board's first decade · 1987–1989 Cold Cases
- Bob Chase Notable People
- Bob Sievers (1917–2007) — broadcaster Notable People
- Bob Thomas Ford: the second Ford name on Coliseum The Dealerships
- Bobby McDermott: the greatest player in the world, in a piston town Sports Players
- Book wagons and bookmobiles Libraries
- Books about Fort Wayne, off the history shelf Authors & Books
- Books set in Fort Wayne Authors & Books
- The Botanical Conservatory: winter, abolished for an afternoon Kids & Family Entertainment
- Bounties, taxes, and the wolf Wildlife
- The Bowmar Brain: the first American pocket calculator Inventors & Inventions
- Bowmar Instrument Corporation Notable People
- Bowmar Instrument Corporation (later Bowmar LLC) Businesses
- Bowser invented the gasoline pump in 1885. Famous Stories & the Record
- The Bowser Site — the First Gas Pump and the "First Filling Station" Claim Famous Landmarks
- Boy Scouts: the Anthony Wayne Area Council Charities
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne Charities
- Brad Miller — the All-Star the record had only as a gala name Notable People
- Brad Miller's $9.8 million Lottery & Crypto
- Brant & Fuller, Valley of the Upper Maumee River (1889) Sources
- The bread record: wrapped bread, German bakers, and the smell over downtown Food & Restaurants
- Brentwood Elementary School Schools & Colleges
- Brentwood S. Tolan (1855–1923) — architect Notable People
- The bridges, as crossings The Three Rivers
- The broadcast layer: public television's producers Film & TV Producers
- Broadway — the electric corridor Main Roads & Corridors
- The Broadway: the neighborhood house that outlived its names Theaters
- Brookside — John Bass and the Helpful Ghost Ghost Stories
- Brookside: preservation by stewardship Historic Preservation
- Brookview–Irvington Park Neighborhoods
- Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company Businesses
- Brown Equipment Company Notable People
- Brown Equipment Company (Brown Equipment Co., Inc. — BEC) Businesses
- Bruce Nauman — a founder of post-minimal art, born here Notable People
- Bruce Nauman: born in Fort Wayne, 1941 Artists
- Buckets, hooks and ladders — the first fire company Fire & Public Safety
- Buckongahelas Notable People
- Bud Berger Notable People
- The buildings government lives in Government
- Bunche Montessori Early Childhood Center Schools & Colleges
- The burial ground: God's Acre Mental Health Institutions
- The Burmese Christian congregations Churches & Religion
- The Burmese table: Little Burma feeds itself, then the city Food & Restaurants
- Buschor HEAR Preschool Schools & Colleges
- The business fortunes' giving: Surack, Baekgaard, Steel Dynamics, and the quiet ones Major Donations
- Business Owners Directory Section
- Businesses Section
- By 1850 the map is private Land Treaties & Titles
- Byron and Almira Benham: paper pictures and the Ladies Picture Gallery Photographers