Fremont

Fremont was Junquindundeh among the Indians and Lower Sandusky during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. It had earlier 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, the British established a post here. 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 here 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. Spiegel Grove was the home of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States.

Fremont, Ohio · United States