Fulton County Floods

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This file appears in: Fulton County

This 1909 postcard shows Hickman, the county seat of Fulton County flooded by the Mississippi River. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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…