| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Ball’s Battlefield |
| | Major Ball’s Squadron 2nd Light Dragoons U.S. Army while escorting Col. Wells 17th U.S. Infantry from Major General Harrison’s headquarters at Fort Seneca to relieve Major Croghan of the command of Fort Stephenson for alleged insubordination in refusing to evacuate the fort was ambushed by Indians near this spot but gallantly charging them killed seventeen with the sabre. 30th July 1813. — Map (db m17967) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — C44 — Brady's Island |
| | From the island opposite, Samuel Brady, one of Washington's scouts, sent from Fort Pitt, watched the Indians. On the second trip he was captured but escaped from his burning pyre. — Map (db m20568) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Colonel Webb C. Hayes, M.H. |
| | By his gift and endowment of Spiegel Grove with the Hayes Homestead and Hayes Memorial, he preserved for future generations this typical American home as a memorial to his beloved parents. Major 1st Ohio Cavalry through the campaigns in Cuba and Porto Rico in the War with Spain 1898, Lieut. Colonel 31st. U.S. Infantry in the Philippines 1899. On staff Major General Chaffee Comdg. in China 1900. Dispatch bearer to the American Legations in Korea and China. Observer with Japanese Army in Port . . . — Map (db m59822) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — 1-72 — Fort Stephenson — War of 1812 |
| | [Marker Front]:
Victoriously defended by Major George Croghan.
Battle of Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813.
Built on this spot 1812-1813 and named for Col. Mills Stephenson, one of its builders.
[Marker Reverse]:
Major George Croghan, age 21, took command in July 1813. He was surrounded Aug. 1 by 2,000 Indians under Tecumseh, bombarded from the river by British ships. He had but 160 men and 1 cannon, Old Betsy. The British under Gen. Henry Proctor with 400 men . . . — Map (db m18093) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Fort Stephenson |
| | Most Gallantly Defended By
Major George Croghan
With but 160 men
Against 1300 British and Indians
Under Gen. Proctor and Tecumseh
On August 2, 1813 — Map (db m31784) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Fremont — County Seat of Sandusky County, Ohio |
| | The Junquindundeh of the Indians, and the Lower Sandusky of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
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An old neutral town of the Eries used as a refuge on the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650.
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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.
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A British post established here during the Revolutionary War. . . . — Map (db m18293) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Fremont — County Seat of Sandusky County. Ohio |
| | The Junquindundeh of the Indians, and the Lower Sandusky of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
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An old neutral town of the Eries used as a refuge on the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650.
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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.
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A British post established here during the Revolutionary War. . . . — Map (db m31731) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — In Commemoration |
| | Lt. Colonel Wm. C. Shortt, Lt. J.G. Gordon, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 21 rank and file of the 41st Regiment, British regulars, who died in the assault on Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813, and the succeeding amity between the contending nations. — Map (db m18291) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — C43 — Indian Gantlet and Race Course |
| | From the present State Street to the railroad bridge was a famous Indian race track and gantlet run by captives. James Whittaker ran it so well that he was adopted and given land by the Indians. — Map (db m31692) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Near This Spot |
| | British cannon from Commodore Barclay's fleet bombarded Major Croghan in Fort Stephenson August 1 and 2, 1813. General Proctor attempted to capture the fort by assault with his Wellington veterans assisted by Indians under Tecumseh. Major Croghan with only 160 men and one cannon, "Old Betsy," repulsed the assault. The British retreated to their ships with many killed and wounded, but leaving Lt. Colonel Short, Lieut. Gordon, and 25 soldiers of the 41st Regiment dead in the ditch. . . . — Map (db m18285) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Old Betsy |
| | Cannon used by
Major George Croghan
Against the British and
Indians in the defense
Of Fort Stephenson
Aug. 1st and 2nd 1813 — Map (db m31795) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Portage Trail |
| | Near this spot an old footpath bypassed the lower rapids of the Sandusky River from midtown Fremont south to Tindall Bridge. Along this trail Indian portaged their canoes around swift rapids. This was the Old Sandusky-Scioto Trail, an ancient waterway from Lake Erie to the Ohio River via the Sandusky and Scioto Rivers. The trail was a military route for General William Henry Harrison's army during the War of 1812. — Map (db m18189) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — 2-72 — Sandusky County Fairgrounds — Site of camps during the Pontiac Conspiracy — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | Here Bradstreet's British expedition camped in 1764. Also farthest point west reached by colonial forces under command of Col. Israel Putnam. These grounds purchased in 1870 by the Sandusky County Agricultural Society. — Map (db m26322) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Sandusky-Scioto Trail — - Used by Indian, British and Colonial Rangers - |
| | Roger's Colonial Rangers against the French, 1760.
Bradstreet's British army against Pontiac, 1764.
Butler's British Rangers against Crawford, 1782.
Proctor's British army against Ft. Stephenson, 1813.
Called, after the American invasion of Canada 1813
The "Harrison Trail" War of 1812. — Map (db m18209) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Soldier's Monument |
| | [North Side of Monument]
To him who hath
Borne the battle
And to his widow and his orphans.
Erected by the people of
Sandusky Co., 1885
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[East Side of Monument]
Liberty and Union now and forever,
One and Inseparable.
1861. - 1865.
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[South Side of Monument]
In memory of the
Victorious defence of Fort Stephenson,
On this spot,
By Major George Croghan and the
Brave men of . . . — Map (db m41893) WM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — Spiegel Grove — Rutherford B. Hayes Home |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1963 — Map (db m59354) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — 8-72 — Spiegel Grove |
| | The twenty-five acre estate Spiegel Grove was the home of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th president of the United States. Spiegle Grove received its name from the German word "spiegel," meaning mirror, describing pools that collect beneath the trees after a rainstorm. Hayes's uncle, Sardis Birchard, a Fremont merchant, built the home on this site in 1863. The Hayeses moved to Spiegel Grove after Hayes's second term as Ohio governor ended in 1873. They inherited the estate in 1874. The . . . — Map (db m59825) HM |
| Ohio (Sandusky County), Fremont — C45 — Whittaker's Reserve |
| | The Wyandots here gave 1100 acres to their white captive, James Whittaker. About 1780 he married, thus establishing probably the first permanent American home in Ohio. — Map (db m31720) HM |
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