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FREMONT , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Sandusky county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the Sandusky See also:river, 30 M. S.E. of See also:Toledo. Pop. (1890) 7141; (19o0) 8439, of whom 1074 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 9939. Fremont is served by the See also:Lake See also:Shore & See also:Michigan See also:Southern, the Lake Shore Electric, the Lake See also:Erie & Western, and the See also:Wheeling & Lake Erie See also:railways. The river is navigable to this point. Spiegel See also:Grove, the former See also:residence of See also:Rutherford B. See also:Hayes, is of See also:interest, and the city has a public library (1873) and parks, in large measure the gifts of his See also:uncle, See also:Sardis Birchard. Fremont is situated in a See also:good agricultural region; oil and natural See also:gas abound in the vicinity; and the city has various manufactures, including boilers, electro-carbons,See also:cutlery, bricks, agricultural implements, stoves and ranges, safety razors, See also:carriage irons, See also:sash, doors, blinds, See also:furniture, See also:beet See also:sugar, canned vegetables, See also:malt See also:extract, garters and suspenders. The See also:total factory product was valued at $2,833,385 in 1905, an increase of 23.4% over that of 1900. Fremont is on the site of a favourite See also:abode of the See also:Indians, and a trading See also:post was at times maintained here; but the See also:place is best known in See also:history as the site of Fort See also:Stephenson, erected during the See also:War of 1812, and on the 2nd of See also:August 1813 gallantly and successfully defended by See also:Major See also:George Croghan (1791–1849), with 16o men, against about See also:I000 See also:British and Indians under Brigadier-See also:General See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry A. See also:Proctor. In Igo6 Croghan's remains were re-interred on the site of the old fort. Until 1849, when the See also:present name was adopted in See also:honour of J. C. Fremont, the place was known as See also:Lower Sandusky; it was incorporated as a See also:village in 1829 and was first chartered as a city in 1867.
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