Fremont

Fremont was known to the Indians as Junquindundeh and in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 as Lower Sandusky. It had been an old neutral town of the Eries, used as a refuge after the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650. In 1764 it marked the westernmost point reached by British and Colonial troops from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut under Israel Putnam in Bradstreet's expedition against Pontiac. During the Revolutionary War, a British post was established there. Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, the Moravians Heckwelder and Zeisberger, and over 1,000 whites were held there as prisoners by Indians. Fort Stephenson was built there in 1812 and was gallantly defended in 1813 by Major George Croghan of the 17th U.S. Infantry with 160 men against 2,000 British and Indians under Proctor and Tecumseh. It was also the site of Spiegel Grove, the home of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States.

Fremont, Ohio · United States