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Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 20,836.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulton County QuickFacts )〕 The county seat is Rochester.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 == History == The first non-Native Americans to ever set foot in what is now Fulton County, Indiana were French fur traders. Few of them remained permanently as year-round residents of the area and by the 1830s there were was no French population of what is now Fulton County. In the 1820s and 1830s migrants from New England began moving to what is now Indiana in large numbers (though there was a trickle of New England settlers who arrived before this date). These were “Yankee” settlers, that is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England during the colonial era. While most of them came to Indiana directly from New England, there were many who came from upstate New York. These were people whose parents had moved from New England to upstate New York in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolution. Due to the prevalence of New Englanders and New England transplants from upstate New York, the northern third of Indiana was very culturally contiguous with early New England culture for much of its early history.〔Brief County History of Fulton County, Indiana, Its County Offices, and 1942 Inventory of Its County Archives by WPA Field Workers ; Prepared by the Indiana Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration ; Sponsored by Indiana Historical Bureau -- The Bookmark, 1942 -- page 199〕 The Yankee migration to Indiana was a result of several factors, one of which was the overpopulation of New England. The old stock Yankee population had large families, often bearing up to ten children in one household. Most people were expected to have their own piece of land to farm, and due to the massive and nonstop population boom, land in New England became scarce as every son claimed his own farmstead. As a result there was not enough land for every family to have a self-sustaining farm, and Yankee settlers began leaving New England for the Midwestern United States.〔 They were aided in this effort by the construction and completion of the Erie Canal which made traveling to the region much easier, causing an additional surge in migrants coming from New England. Added to this was the end of the Black Hawk War, which made the region much safer to travel through and settle in for white settlers.〔Brief County History of Fulton County, Indiana, Its County Offices, and 1942 Inventory of Its County Archives by WPA Field Workers ; Prepared by the Indiana Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration ; Sponsored by Indiana Historical Bureau -- The Bookmark, 1942 -- page 200〕 In the case of Fulton County, there was no attempts by United States settlers to permanently settle the area until the conclusion of the Blackhawk War. Fulton County's first permanent non-Native American settlers arrived in September and October 1832, most of whom came from New England though some of whom were New England transplants from upstate New York. Most of Fulton County's New England settlers came from Franklin County, Massachusetts, Grafton County, New Hampshire and Orange County, Vermont, as well as several farming families from Maine and the rural northern region of Connecticut. At first, virtually all of these settlers farmers.〔Brief County History of Fulton County, Indiana, Its County Offices, and 1942 Inventory of Its County Archives by WPA Field Workers ; Prepared by the Indiana Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration ; Sponsored by Indiana Historical Bureau -- The Bookmark, 1942 -- page 209〕 These settlers were primarily members of the Congregational Church, though due to the Second Great Awakening, many of them had converted to Methodism, and some had become Baptists before coming to what is now Cook County. The Congregational Church has subsequently gone through many divisions, and some factions, including those in Cook County, are now known as the Church of Christ and the United Church of Christ.〔Brief County History of Fulton County, Indiana, Its County Offices, and 1942 Inventory of Its County Archives by WPA Field Workers ; Prepared by the Indiana Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration ; Sponsored by Indiana Historical Bureau -- The Bookmark, 1942 -- page 211〕 When the New Englanders arrived, there was nothing but dense virgin forest and wild prairie. They laid out farms, constructed roads, erected government buildings and established post routes. By the spring of 1833 the settlement was a successful and thriving farming community. Rochester was laid out in 1835. The founder Alexander Chamberlain named it for his former hometown of Rochester, New York. The Rochester post office was established in 1836.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Fulton County )〕 Fulton County was formed in 1836. It was named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. Native Americans in the county believed that a terrible monster lived in Lake Manitou and for that reason they never lived around the lake. Early settlers called it the Devil's Lake and there were many reported sightings of a monster. The Potawatomi Trail of Death came though the town in 1838.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Places to see, things to do in Fulton Co. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fulton County, Indiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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