Historical Marker
Balls Battlefield
Historical marker location:
2401 Buckland Ave., Fremont, Ohio
( Marker is at the intersection of Buckland Avenue and Tucker Road, on the right when traveling north on Buckland Avenue.)
The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North before the Civil War.