Historical Marker
Fort Stephenson
Historical marker location:
485 Croghan Street, Fremont, Ohio
( Memorial is on Croghan Street east of High Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1903
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.