We welcome you! Come and visit us at the Fulton County Museum. Our museum, round barn museum and living history village are very easy to find. Located on US 31 only four miles north of Rochester, Indiana. Fulton County Museum is open Monday - Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays.
Back row: Clem Good (outgoing board member), Lois Ulerick, Carol Boyer, Jeannie Cloud, Mary Weir, Marsha Glassburn, Lola Riddle, and Dennis Todd. Not pictured: Mike Wise, Fred Oden Jr., Jim Sutton, Kevin Kennedy.
Fulton County Historical Society Inc.
Formed April 30, 1963 with 28 charter members.
Presidents and Terms Served
Jack Overmyer, 1963-1964
Gilbert Enyart, 1964-1965
Walter F. Carpenter, 1965-1966
James Zimmerman, 1966-1967
Hugh Barnhart, 1967-1969
Pete Terpstra, 1969-1970
Ernest Hiatt, 1970-1971
Shirley Willard, 1971-2001
Ruby Reed, 2002-2008
Lois Ulerick, 2009 –
Lois Ulerick 2009-present; Ernie Hiatt, 1970-1971; Shirley Willard, 1971-2001; Jack K. Overmyer, 1963-1964. Overmyer was honored as our founder and first president during the Nov. 22, 2009 annual banquet.
Experience frontier and pioneer life before 1840! Participate as a re-enactor, trader, etc.! FCHS was founded to enable interactive and historical reenactments in our Rendezvous, museums, and our living history village called Loyal. All these events make history come alive while making it interesting, fun, and most importantly, relevant. Read more about us
Visit our Fulton County Museum and Round Barn Museum, then stroll over to our living history village, called Loyal, which depicts the 1900-1925 time period. Come and see us during the Trail of Courage Living History Festival in September which depicts pre-1840 America, visit our Round Barn and our Fulton County Historical Power Show, come to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous portraying the Midwest Frontier in April.
The Trail of Courage Living History Festival had sunny weather and a crowd of 14,500. About 2000 families set up camps and demonstrated frontier living. Pre-1840 music and dance was enjoyed. See the Trail of Courage photos.
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