Reference: Subject:Fultons in Iowa Dated Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:44:47 -0700 From: Mary Droege <hanknmary@mindspring.com> Dear Mary, Thank you for sharing information about your great uncle, Charles S. Fulton b 12 March 1859 in LaPorte IN to mother Theoda (Smart) Fulton and father Abram Charles Fulton, grandson of Abraham Fulton and Margaret Guthrie via their son Robert. Regarding the Hubbard Trail (Vincennes Trace), I am not familiar with it, but by using an online search engine engine, I found the following sites which offer some additional information. If you write to the Rossville Historical <roshisoc@soltec.net> (see link below), they may be able to provide you more details. Rossville Historical & Genealogical Society, Vermilion Co, IL: http://rossville.com/rossvillehistory.htm "On the main floor is located an extensive genealogy section. This includes data on people with roots in the area, histories of houses and buildings, and the part each occupant played in the development of this village along the famous Hubbard's Trail... Members of the Rossville Historical & Genealogical Society are eager to share Rossville history with anyone who has a keen eye and a listening ear. This quaint little "prairie town" beckons from the past, drawing you slowly into a time long forgotten. The preserved vintage 1923 street lamps, the historic homes, and a rare tree, which graces the front lawn of the high school, welcome everyone to this "Village of Unusual Shops" as you follow Route 1 along the famous Hubbard's Trail in northern Vermilion County... The historic village is located on Route 1 in the northern part of Vermilion County, on the North Fork of the Vermilion River. Before the settling of this area by early pioneers, Indians roamed freely among the wooded areas. Their trails followed the ridges along the river and wound around to avoid the sloughs. Along these Indian paths was an amazing variety of native trees and plants. Wild game was plentiful. Numerous small streams and rivulets, fed by living springs, added dimension to this area for the early settler. The land was rich and needed only the rasping of the plow to become a productive source... In the beginning, small settlements began to dot the countryside. Rossville started out as a settlement at the crossroads of the Chicago-Danville Road and the Attica-Paxton Road. As time progressed, the principle thoroughfare through the country was Hubbard's Trail, established by Guerdon Hubbard in 1822. Hubbard was an Indian fur trader who established trading posts along the trail, and knew the ways of the Indian. In July 1876, Hubbard was responsible for placing a marker in Rossville, on the line of the original trail." Illinois State Historical Society Historical Markers by County at: http://www.prairienet.org/ishs/frames/hmcounty.htm mentions marker in Kankakee Co, IL, or go directly to http://www.prairienet.org/ishs/markers/146.htm "Hubbard Trail County: Kankakee Location: IL 1 & 17, Momence Erected: 11/18/1953 Erected by: The Illinois State Historical Society This trail was blazed by Gurdon S. Hubbard, 1822-1824, connecting the trading posts of the American Fur Company between Vincennes and Chicago. Momence, near the upper crossing of the Kankakee River, is on this trail. Known also as the Vincennes Trace, it is perpetuated today as State Highway No. 1." Saulk Trail, another important intersecting trail, is discussed on the web page maintained by the Sauk Trail Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Chicago Heights, Illinois at: http://www.lincolnnet.net/sauktraildar/ "Two historic highways intersect in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois; namely, the famous Sauk Indian Trail and the old Hubbard Trail. The famous Sauk Trail, which passed Chicago Heights, connected the villages of the Indians on the Mississippi with the trading posts of Detroit, Michigan and Fort Malden, Ontario, Canada. While the trail was originally used by the Indians, it was trod in time by explorers, trappers, missionaries, and tradesmen. This trail was used not only for such relatively peaceful purpose. It also played its part during the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Black Hawk War of 1832." ************************************************************ After reading that the Hubbard trail follows Rt 1, I noticed that in the past we had some other queries that followed that path. You may want to check out these messages in the fulton-l archives: 1)Subject: John FULTON: 1809PA > 1835 IN Dated: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 From: ldnelson@tir.com (L Darrell Nelson, Jr) and Subject: Re: fulton 1809 pa. Dated: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:39:09 -0800 (PST) Looking for parents of John and Catherine (GARWOOD) FULTON. John was born in PA and moved to IN probably before his first marriage... Before 1858, he moved to Newell Twp, Vermilion County, IL and had one child ... 2)Subject: LOOKUP: Robt FULTON, Edinburgh SCT->IL 1859 Dated: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 From: Polly Brown <orb@showme.missouri.edu> Robert FULTON and wife, Gean (Jane). Gean was born in the Glasgow area and it is believed that Robert and Gean were married there. They emigrated from Edinburgh, SCT to Iroquois County, IL, 1859.... *********************************************************** The free maps listed below provided by Ancestry.com provide an informative overview of migration trails in the U.S. for various time periods. We can better understand the migration paths that our Fultons followed by studying these maps. Westward Migration in U.S. 1775-1860 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=299 Exploration and Settlement Before 1675 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=641 Exploration and Settlement 1675-1800 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=643 Exploration and Settlement 1800-1820 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=644 Exploration and Settlement 1820-1835 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=645 Exploration and Settlement 1835-1850 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=647 Exploration and Settlement 1850-1890 http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=648 ************************************************************ Here are some other links that deal with various migrations and trail maps. TRAIL & MIGRATION SITES Online map or migration trails at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states/Exploration_1675.jpg Migration across U.S by showing county creation http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif Early American Roads and Trails with Descriptions of 16 of the major early roads http://members.aol.com/RoadTrails/roadtrai.html National Road - History http://www.connerprairie.org/ntlroad.html The Overland Trail http://www.over-land.com/index.html American Migrations Web Site http://members.aol.com/gedsearch/migrate.htm National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Wyoming http://w3.trib.com/~rlund/NHTIC.html The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920, ND http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html Pioneering in the Upper Midwest, 1820-1910 American Memory Project, LOC http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html OREGON/CALIFORNIA TRAIL Oregon-California Trails Association http://calcite.rocky.edu/octa/octahome.htm End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center http://www.teleport.com:80/~eotic/index.html Emigrant Summit Trail (to California) http://www.r5.pswfs.gov/heritage/010.HTM Opening of the California Trail http://www.tahoenet.com/tdhs/tpstephn.html MORMON TRAIL MormonTrail.com: The Pioneer Experience http://www.mormontrail.com/ MormonTrail.net http://www.mormontrail.net/ History of the Mormon Trail http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/SWP/cdavis/MTOP.HOMEP Iowa Mormon Trails http://www.lisco.com/iowamormontr/ SANTA FE TRAIL The Interactive Santa Fe Trail (SFT) Homepage http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/sft/ RAILROAD RRHistorical http://rrhistorical.com Railroad Maps from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html Golden Spike National Historic Site http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/g/GOLDENSPIKE.html Railroads in Kansas http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/rr/railroads.html Roberta R. (Fulton) Hirth Harriman, New York 10926 Fulton web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm Search Fulton-L archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl