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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7E_whittakers-reserve_Fremont-OH.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6T_indian-gantlet-and-race-course_Fremont-OH.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML66_milestones_Woodville-OH.html
Along this highway (now US 20) milestones like this were placed mile on the Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike between Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) and Perrysburg.
The turnpike was completed in 1827 and the mile markers were installed in 1842.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML62_trail-tree_Woodville-OH.html
Indians lived inthis area until1817. They markedforest trails bybending youngtrees to point theway. The ancienthackberry tree,just west ofthe bridge, bentwhen young, pointsto a shallowcrossing of thePortage River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHH5_sandusky-county-fairgrounds_Fremont-OH.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7T_mcpherson-cemetery_Clyde-OH.html
Named for Major General James B. McPherson, buried here July 29, 1864. Here also are graves of George Burton Meek, U.S.N., first American serviceman killed in the War with Spain; Congressional Medal of Honor recipients Charles H. McCleary, Civil W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJU_bradys-island_Fremont-OH.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHD_james-birdseye-mcpherson_Clyde-OH.html
Dedicated to the memory ofJames Birdseye McPhersonBorn at Clyde, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1828,Graduated from West Point, 1853;Appoited Brevet Second Lieutenant ofEngineers 1853;Appointed Captain Aug. 6, 1861;Served in the field at the opening of the Civil …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZY_fremont_Fremont-OH.html
The 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 on the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650. —Westernmost po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZR_near-this-spot_Fremont-OH.html
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 …