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