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Fremont in Sandusky County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Fremont

 
 
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Photographed by Craig Doda, July 2, 2022
1. Fremont Marker
Inscription. Home of Rutherford B. Hayes. Site of Croghan's Defense of Fort Stephenson.
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Markers Committee.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesGovernment & PoliticsWar of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #19 Rutherford B. Hayes, and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series lists.
 
Location. 41° 21.35′ N, 83° 4.765′ W. Marker is in Fremont, Ohio, in Sandusky County. It is on Castalia Street east of Countryside Drive (County Road 560), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2511 Countryside Dr, Fremont OH 43420, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Whittaker's Reserve (approx. 1.6 miles away); Brady's Island (approx. 1.8 miles away); First Rock Excavated from Sandusky River (approx. 1.8 miles away); Peninsular Farms (approx. 1.8 miles away); Indian Gantlet and Race Course (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Fremont (approx. 1.8 miles away); Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action Memorial
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(approx. 1.9 miles away); POW ★ MIA (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fremont.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Pontiac Conspiracy (was approx. 1.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Fremont Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 2, 2022
2. Fremont Marker
Fremont Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 2, 2022
3. Fremont Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 15, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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