History · Fulton

Fulton’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Fulton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Located on the Southwest Trail, just north of the Great Bend of the Red River of the South at a convenient river crossing, Fulton became the gateway to Mexico, and later the Southwestern United States, as most of the pioneers who settled Mexican Texas passed through here.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Fulton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fulton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Washington Historic District in Hope, 10.6 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Washington Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fulton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fulton’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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