Robert Fulton

ID: 2092
This file appears in: Fulton County

Robert Fulton, Fulton County's namesake, is shown here. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Fulton County

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1169 in Fulton explains that the county and town were both named for Robert Fulton, an early steamboat innovator. Fulton County's location on the Mississippi River in the southwest…