Fulton History

More material like this is welcome. If you have stories and old family or building photos that describe the generations between the founding days of Fulton and now, send e-mail to: Dave@oakhill-wi.net
John Hurd, third generation descendant of one of the first landowners in Fulton, made his family history and original land purchase documents available so that they could be scanned and preserved in digital media.
Fulton Village - a short history
This fascinating account was written by Irene Pratt and Mary Sayre, and published in November, 1966. In 2011, a group led by Kitty Murwin began to gather information and make plans to update the book.

Clicking above will provide a link to a digitized copy of the original book. (This is a 52 Kb PDF that will take a long time to download.)
Life on the Farms
Early 20th century around Edgerton and in Fulton township
Two memoirs by natives of the area provide descriptions of farm life in Fulton from about 1910 through the 1940s.
Winnebago Chief White Crow
This article, scanned from the Wisconsin History journal and submitted by Brian Christianson, provides a fascinating insight to two cultures that lived in the vicinity of Lake Koshkonong in the 19th and early 20th century. It describes a large gathering of white settlers in 1916 at the Sumner-area farm of prominent Wisconsin naturalist Halvor Skavlem to dedicate a boulder marker to the memory of Winnebago Chief White Crow. The article reads like a "Who's who" of southern Wisconsin political leaders and describes how White Crow and his family interacted with the white culture, including a visit to Washington DC.
"History of the Edgerton Area"
In the Reference section of the Edgerton Public Library, [REF 977.5] this title is on a large laminated album of old newspaper clippings collected by Naomi Strasburg. Most of the material is unattributed and undated. Here is a clipping that describes Tibbies:
  • King Chicken Rules the Roost
    Story of Tibbie's Restaurant in Indian Ford
    Started in 1925 by Nellie Teubert Rost.
    Purchased later by Walter Maurer.
The Edgerton Reporter

A clipping that reports some of the history of Fulton:

 

Historical material from other websites