The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge extends over 260 miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois. The Refuge offers great opportunities for birding among marshes, bottomland forest, open water, sand prairies and wooded bluffs.

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Fulton's Dutch Windmill was manufactured and pre-assembled in the Netherlands.

Following the delivery to Fulton, the Windmill was assembled and installed by Dutch craftsmen. Standing nearly 100 ft. tall, the massive timbers are assembled by wooden pegs. Dedication of the new Dutch ...
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Dutch Days Festival 2012 
Always held the first weekend in May
May 4 & 5, 2012 (Friday & Saturday)
"Holland:  Did You Know?"

History of Dutch Days

The fi ...
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The Fulton Historical Society is located in this Civil War era home donated to the City by Leonard and Maxine Martin.   

The Society is responsible for the operation of the home as a repository of information and materials relevant to the history of the City of ...
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Plans Revised For Fulton Marina Project

The revised plan changes the plans that were submitted in October of this year. The new plan will provide more docking slips and parking areas. The plans were submitted to the U.S. Corps of Engineers last week with that federal agency a ...
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Lynwood Lynks is part of Buck's Barn Resort In Thomson, Illinois.  This 18 hole course is located at 5020 IL Rt. 84, Thomson, IL.  Phone: (815) 259-8278

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The Great River Trail extends 62 miles from the Quad Cities to Savanna, Illinois. Eleven communities and 3 counties are evenly spaced along the 62 mile recreational path. Each city and village offers an invitation to pause for a moment on the route to explore the remarkable diversity each commu ...
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What is Heritage Canyon?

It is a 12-acre wooded structure nature walk dotted with buildings that take the visitor back to the 1800's. 

Mid-1800's - 1954: It was a limestone quarry where rock was crushed for field fertilizer, road beds, wing dams and ...
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Boats of all kinds from small canoes to tugs pushing huge strings of barges pass through the locks and visitors can view the activities from only a few feet away.

Scenic outlook, boat launching, picnic areas and public restrooms available.

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"...the great Mississippi, the majestic, the magnificent, rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun: the dense forest away on the other side: the 'point' above the town, and the 'point' below, bounding the river-glimpse, and turning it into a sort of sea, and withal a very still ...
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The Fulton sand prairie is area of land that had much sand deposited there many millions of years ago.

This site contains 212 acres of sand prairie that is recovering from past grazing. Little bluestem, three-awn grass, plains prickly pear cactus and June grass are some of the commo ...
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Fulton is fortunate to have 2 national scenic by-ways in its town: the Lincoln Highway and the Great River Road.

The Lincoln Highway

In 1912, Carl Fisher, founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, had a dream of a highway spanning our continent from one coast ...
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Fulton’s newest attraction, the Windmill Cultural Center (WCC), was dedicated April 2010. The WCC houses an extensive collection of 21 European windmills. The windmills vary in size up to six feet tall.

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