Bell bottoms, tie-dye, peace signs, bright colors, and plenty of groovy music. Those are the sights and sounds that brought Fulton back to 1969 and the year’s iconic festival, Woodstock. Friends of History in Fulton, Inc. stirred up memories of the peaceful festival, a staple in music history as more than 60 people attended Friends of History in Fulton’s “Remembering Woodstock” event, reliving the magic with a themed buffet dinner, memorabilia of the time, and the musical stylings of Mike MacDonald playing some of the front runners from the festival. According to three guests who were in attendance at the original Woodstock festival nearly 50 years ago, the nostalgia was real.
The city of Fulton has a rich and plentiful history that is still alive and well, and it’s living at the John Wells Pratt House. The house, located at 177 S. First St., has stood in Fulton for more than 150 years, now home to the Friends of History in Fulton, N.Y., Inc. and standing as a registered location on the National and State Register of Historic Places since it’s designation to the list in the year 2000.
Roughly 40 people took turns searching out anything paranormal that hides in the dark, eerie corners of the historic Fulton buildings that are home to the public library and the John Wells Pratt House Museum. A non-profit paranormal activity team based in Auburn, Soul Searchers has returned to these two Fulton buildings for the second year, again finding considerable evidence of paranormal activity in both buildings during preliminary investigations, said Soul Searchers founder, Shawn DiBello.
On September 28 at 7 p.m., the Friends of History in Fulton, Inc. located at the John Wells Pratt House Museum, 177 S. First St., will host its annual meeting. Each year this meeting is held in September, the main focus being the election of new board members for the upcoming year(s). The meeting itself will take no time at all.
The sixth annual Hunter Arms Weekend will take place August 19 and 20 with the same historical entertainment expected as years past. The weekend draws guests to Fulton from all over including as far as Alaska to display, shoot and learn more about the historic Hunter Arms/L.C. Smith gun manufacturer that once thrived in the city.
One of Fulton’s main sources of history preservation has kicked off the summer with members and guests enjoying music, fun and plenty of food at the annual Pratt House Porch Party. Friends of History, a fully volunteer run organization that formed more than 35 years ago has worked tirelessly to maintain and preserve the history of Fulton in one of the city’s original homes located at 177 S. First St. Each year, the Friends of History organizes multiple events for members of the group as well as for the public that run throughout the course of the year, and each year it all kicks off with the annual Porch Party in June.
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