Mount Victory Historic District, also, Mount Victory and the Underground Railroad. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places /. Mount Victory Historic District Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Mount Victory, Ohio was established by Ezra Dille in 1851. The name of the town came in this manner: in 1849 Ezra Dille went to auction hoping to purchase land for a new village. A competitor planned to outbid him and turn the land into a pasture. When Ezra’s friend, Thomas McCall learned Ezra would be able to procure the land, McCall exclaimed loudly “Victory! Victory! We shall name the town Mount Victory!”, This name was adopted by the proprietor of the town and by that name it has since been known., Source: The History of Hardin County, Ohio by Henry Howe. , Mount Victory and the Underground Railroad. Obadiah and Sarah Williams operated a safe house south of Mt. Victory on SR 31 for escaped slaves heading north. One morning when a group of fugitives had spent the night, Sarah noticed federal agent slave hunters swiftly approaching on horseback. Obadiah quickly walked out to greet the men, answer questions and tell them his wife was preparing breakfast. All the while, Sarah quickly cleared evidence of the fugitives' breakfast, hid the fugitives out of sight then motioned for the agents to come into a freshly prepared breakfast. Obadiah and the agents discussed plans for searching the area. When the men left, Sarah loaded the fugitives onto a wagon, made her way to the next safe house in Mt. Victory, then went back home. That night, the agents returned to the Williams' home and slept in the same bed the escaped slaves had slept in the night before, never the wiser., Many federal agents and slave hunters came to the Williams home. One agent was quoted as saying, 'Obadiah Williams is the best slave hunter in the territory.' It may have been Sarah's cooking that brought them back but not one fugitive was ever captured at the Williams' safe house.