Dement House, an imposing, lavishly furnished stone hotel, was built on this lot in 1855. It was sold to satisfy judgments in 1858. In 1861 it was use... [click for more]
John Baker, Fulton's first permanent settler, arrived in 1835 and built his three-room log cabin and outbuildings nearby. He lived in amity with ... [click for more]
This house was the head office of the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal life insurance society, when that organization first became an Illinois c... [click for more]
Early Fulton communal activity centered around this trigon. The ferry, powered successively by man, horse and steam, landed at its north end. Stores, ... [click for more]