FULTON

fulton, a city of oswego county, new york, u.s.a., on the right bank of the oswego river, about 10 m. s. by e. of oswego. pop. (1900) 5281; (1905, state census) 8847; (1910) 10,480. fulton is served by the delaware, lackawanna & western, the new york central & hudson river, and the new york, ontario & western railways, by electric railway to oswego and syracuse and by the oswego canal. the city has a carnegie library. ample water-power is furnished by the oswego river, which here flows in a series of rapids, and the manufactures are many in kind. on the 3rd of july 1756, on an island (afterward called battle island) 4 m. n. of the present city of fulton, a british force of about 300 under captain john bradstreet (1711-1774) defeated an attacking force of french and indians (numbering about 700) under de villiers. soon after this, bradstreet built a fort within the present limits of fulton. the first civilian settler came in 1793, and the first survey (which included only a part of the subsequent village) was made in 1815. fulton was incorporated as a village in 1835, and in april 1902 was combined with the village of oswego falls (pop. in 1900, 2925) and was chartered as a city.