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WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE IN THE PHOTO??
City of
Fulton Historian
Nov.
8, 2001:
Friends
Of History in Fulton
Information was obtained from the History of Oswego County, N. Y., 1789 – 1877, published by Everett ? Ferriss, 1878. ----The early history of events within the present corporate limits of Fulton has been given in the preceding excellent history of the town of Volney, written by F. W. Squires, Esq. The publishers subjoin the following sketch of later events and institutions in this prosperous village. Mr. William Schenck, who came to this village in 1812, states twelve buildings were standing at that time within the present corporate limits of Fulton exclusive of the Upper and Lower Landings. The first building was erected on Oneida street, and stood near the east end of the present Nelson Mills. One of the first buildings in the village occupied the site of the present residence of Oliver French, on First street, and the other buildings were in that immediate vicinity, but their exact location is not known. The business of the village was confined to the Upper and Lower Landings until the year 1825, when the legislature of the state having appropriated one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for the purpose of building the Oswego canal, the location of the present village proper attracted the attention of various business men, and among them Lewis FALLEY, who became the first merchant, and occupied a building which stood on the present site of the Nelson coal office. The next mercantile firm was Cady, Case ? Co., who offered their wares in a building occupying the present location of Howe’s law-office. Other early merchants who located during 1825 and 1826 were Leonard, Whitaker, Douglass ? Comstock, the Tousey Brothers, Oliver Burdick, John J. Wolcott, Chas. Tucker, and probably a few others whose names are not remembered. The corner-stone of the first lock on the Oswego canal was laid in this village, with Masonic ceremonies, July 4, 1826, in the midst of a large concourse of people, the address being delivered by Hon. David P. BREWSTER, of Oswego. The Declaration of Independence was read by Peter SCHENCK, and the chaplain on the occasion was a Rev. Mr. IRWIN, a Methodist clergyman. Hastings CURTIS officiated as marshall of the day, and K. E. SANFORD assistant. The completion of the canal, in 1828, ushered in an important era in the history of Fulton, and from that time to the present it has kept abreast with the rapid progress of the county, and to-day is ranked among the more pleasant and prosperous villages of which northern New York can so truthfully boast. The First Charter In 1835 Fulton had so far increased in population and importance that it was deemed necessary it should partake of the privileges and immunities of an incorporated village. Consequently, on the 29th day of April, 1835, it was chartered and its boundaries designated as follows: “Beginning at the southwest corner of the State reservation at Oswego Falls; thence along the south and east sides thereof to State street; thence along the public highway northeasterly to the four corners at the eastern boundary of Steen’s location; thence along the line of said location to the north line thereof; thence west to the center of the Oswego river; thence along the center of said river to the place of beginning.” The boundaries have subsequently been enlarged at several different times. Aaron G. FISH was the first president of the village, and J. H. WOODIN is the present president. The following constitute the present board of trustees: W. S. NELSON
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