Editing Fulton County, Illinois (section)

==History==
Fulton County was organized in 1823 from [[Pike County, Illinois|Pike County]].  It is named for [[Robert Fulton]], developer of the first commercially successful steamboat.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|author=Gannett, Henry|year=1905|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n132 133]}}</ref> American poet and writer [[Edgar Lee Masters]] lived in Fulton County during the 1890s; he later became famous for the [[Spoon River Anthology]], written in 1915.  Fulton County was home to [[Camp Ellis]] during [[World War II]].

The county is known for the annual [[Spoon River]] Scenic Drive, which occurs the first 2 weekends in October. This has been a tradition since 1968 and attracts thousands of participants from all over the country.

Fulton County is home to the [[Ogden-Fettie Site]], a significant site for [[Havana Hopewell culture|Havana Hopewell Native culture]]. It is the largest collection of [[Mound|Woodland Mounds]] in Illinois, with 35 Mounds, dating from 400 BC, arranged in a crescent.

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File:Fulton County Illinois 1823.png|Fulton County between 1823 and 1825, including unorganized territory temporarily attached.<ref>White, Jesse.  ''Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties.'' State of Illinois, March 2010.  {{cite web|url=http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/ipub15.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=26 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806214135/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/ipub15.pdf|archive-date=6 August 2012}}</ref>
File:Fulton County Illinois 1825.png|Fulton County, reduced to its current size in 1825, its unorganized territory formed into new counties.
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