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​Fulton Volunteer
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Marker No.  ​18743
Aluminum 27 x 42 Subject Marker 
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Location: 401 North 9th Street, Fulton
Marker Text: In 1947, an agricultural brush fire quickly accelerated ane destroyed a large part of Fulton, starting in Copano Village, crossing the highway and destroying businesses, homesand acres of live oak groves and thickets. Soon after citizens of Fulton expressed the need for a fire department able to respond to their community quickly. Fifteen men gathered and decided to form the Fulton Volunteer Fire Department. 
 The men trained with the Aransas County Emergency Corps to become firefighters. The first meetings in 1948 were held in the Fulton schoolhouse at the corner of Third and Cactus Streets the department used a 1937 ford truck donated by the city of Rockport, as their first fire truck, donated by the city Rockport, as their first fire trcuk with help from local carpenters and boat builders, a stall for the fire truck was constructed using lumber from the old school later, an office and meeting room were added. 
  For many years, the fire department budget was mainly derived from community donations and support until 1979 when Oysterfest began. From its beginnings as a fundraiser for the department's "jaws of life" equipment, the festival has been a strong source of funding. 
   Members of the fire department engage in many hours of training, in-house as well as traveling to fire training field schools. Along with training for the firefighters, the fire department partners with the community for fire prevention training participates in the annual Fulton Christmas celebration and Fulton national night out. The Fulton Volunteer Fire Department continues to work closely wiith the community to preserve Fulton's rich hertiage. (2017) 
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  • Texas Historical Markers
  • Greenbrier Cemetery
  • Wilson Chapel Methodist Church
  • Marian Anderson High School
  • Alfred M. Hallmark
  • Frank Mulder Gossett
  • No 57: Old San Antonio Road
  • Zephyr Cemetery
  • Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr
  • Military Road
  • Zephyr Presbyterian Church
  • Burkett Pecan Tree
  • Hittson Ranch
  • Callahan City Cemetery
  • Admiral Baptist Church
  • Belle Plaine Cemetery
  • Ross Cemetery
  • Callahan County
  • The Prew House
  • Brooke Smith
  • Minnie Fisher Cunningham
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • Dodge
  • Site of Andrew Female College
  • Glendale Cemetery
  • Community of Fodice
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Parish
  • Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba
  • B. T. Brown House
  • German Methodist Church/First Fire Station
  • Providence Church and Cemetery
  • Packsaddle Mountain
  • Homesite of W. F. Heller, Pioneer Farmer
  • The Bosque-Larios Expedition
  • No. 60 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 56 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 59 Old San Antonio Road
  • Texas Central Railroad
  • Center City Community
  • Orla
  • Fairview Cemetery
  • Leon County Courthouse
  • Anderson County in the Civil War
  • Judge H.T. Brown
  • Washington County, C.S.A.
  • Leander
  • Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps
  • Jacob Haller House
  • James M. Holt
  • Washington-on-the Brazos
  • Donigan House
  • Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance
  • Smithfield Baptist Church
  • Elite Cafe
  • Joseph Brooks Home
  • New Page