THE MARKET PLACE

 

Located 2nd St and 8th Ave Fulton IL Coordinates Lat N 41 52.131" Lon W 90 10.048"

 

THE MARKET PLACE

THE MARKET PLACE
EARLY FULTON COMMUNAL ACTIVITY CENTERED AROUND THIS TRIGON. THE FERRY, POWERED SUCCESSIVELY BY MAN- HORSE, AND STEAM, LANDED AT ITS NORTH END STORES, HOTELS. WAREHOUSES AND SALOONS FACED ALL THREE SIDES LATER THE SAWMILLS RENTED IT TO STORE HUGE PILES OF LUMBER. IT BECAME A CITY PARK IN 1958.
• ERECTED BY THE
FULTON JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUBAND
THE
ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, .1965

 

 

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