FULTONS FIRST HOME

 

Located south side of 8th ave jsut past 17th St. Fulton IL Coordinates Lat N 41 52.208" Lon W 90 08.838"

 

FULTONS FIRST HOME

JOHN BAKER, FULTON'S FIRST PERMANENT SETTLER, ARRIVED 1835 AND BUILT HIS THREE—ROOM LOG CABIN AND OUTBUILDINGS NEARBY. HE LIVED IN AMITY WITH THE INDIANS ' AND KEPT A RUDE HOSTELRY. LATER FULTON 'S
FIRST DOCTORS. DANIEL- AND, - LUCINDA REED, • MADE THE CABIN THEIR HOME ,
PRACTICED MEDICINE AND
ALSO ENTERTAINED TRAVELERS.

ERECTED BY THE FULTON
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB AND THE
ILLINIOS STATE HISTORIC AL SOCIETY, 1966.

 

 

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