We welcome you! Come and visit us at the Fulton County Museum.
    Our museum, round barn museum and living history village are very
    easy to find. Located on US 31 only four miles north of Rochester,
    Indiana. Fulton County Museum is open Monday - Saturday from        
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays.

    Visit our  Fulton County Museum and Round Barn Museum, then stroll
    over to our living history village, called Loyal, which depicts the 1900-
    1925 time period. Come and see us during the Trail of Courage Living
    History Festival in September which depicts pre-1840 America, visit
    our Round Barn and our Fulton County Historical Power Show, come
    to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous  portraying the Midwest Frontier in
    April.

    Experience frontier and pioneer life before 1840! Participate as a re-
    enactor, trader, etc.!  FCHS was founded to enable interactive and
    historical reenactments in our Rendezvous, museums, and our living
    history village called Loyal. All these events make history come alive
    while making it interesting, fun, and most importantly, relevant.

    Famous for our Trail of Courage Living History Festival, Redbud Trail
    Rendezvous and Round Barn Museum, we are surrounded by historic
    round barns and located in the birthplace of the first Tarzan, Elmo
    Lincoln and other famous people. Offering around-the-clock
    accessibility to information about special events, project updates,
    volunteer opportunities, and event registrations, we invite you to visit
    often. Photographs, related news articles, as well as a calendar are
    included to enable you to be an active participant. Join us as we travel
    through the pages of history.

    For details on all of our museums Click Here.
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Fulton County Historical Society
37 East 375 North
Rochester, Indiana 46975
574-223-4436
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ANNUAL EVENTS
Fulton County Historical Society
Located in North Central Indiana
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Put these events on your
2013 calendar!


11th annual Fulton County
Historical Power Show
June 14-15-16, 2013
Fri.-Sat. 9-8 p.m. Sun. 9-2 p.m.

38th annual Trail of Courage
Living History Festival
Sept. 21-22, 2013
Sat. 10-6 p.m. Sun. 10-4 p.m.

Haunted Woods Trail
Oct. 18-19 & Oct. 25-26, 2013
Fri.-Sat. 7:30- 11 p.m.

Now is the time. Dues are due for
2013.
Please don't drop out now.
FCHS RECEIVED A
COMMUNITY FOCUS GRANT
FOR $178,000 TO DO REPAIRS
ON ROUND BARN & POLKE
HOUSE!  
Grant Reception Jan. 26, 2011 at the
Statehouse. From left: Rep. Bill Friend,
Lois Ulerick, Jean Cloud, Lt. Governor
Becky Skillman, Melinda Clinger, Shirley
Willard, and Rep. Doug Gutwein.
Round Barn Museum and William Polke House getting new cedar roofs.  
Restoration project started in October 2011 by Michiana Contracting, Plymouth
with funds from the Community Focus Grant from the Office of Rural and
Community Affairs awarded to FCHS in Jan. 2011.   Work is to be complete by
end of March 2012.  Architect Cornerstone Design-Dann Keiser, Otterbein, and
grant write Priority Project Resources - Shannon McLeod, Greensburg, Ind.
Finished buildings these photos taken Apr. 2012.  Both buildings
look beautiful on the outside.  We will take the month of May 2012 to
do cleaning and straightening in both buildings to have them
officially open in June 2012 before the Round Barn Festival June
7-8-9 held in downtown Rochester, Ind.