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History: The Fremont Township chapter from 1912 book
“The history of a community is to a large extent embodied in the lives of its great men. There are few history-making changes that are due wholly to natural cause, most of them being if not entirely at least greatly influenced by human agency.
In this particular the Town of Fremont is no exception.”
Read MoreHistory: Tom Payne, earliest Fremont settler, arrived in 1836
Before Fremont Township was officially Fremont Township, Tom Payne settled here and started a farm which later became Lake County’s first nursery with over 100,000 trees. Find out more about…
Read MoreFrom Activism to Acceptance – Our Community & the Abolition Movement
The Story of A Community’s Involvement In the Abolition Movement and the Welcoming of A Slave Family by Courtney Wilhelm (Photos courtesy of Lake County Discovery Museum. Click on images to…
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