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History in
a Seashell
Founded in 1866, the town was named after George Ware Fulton, the
builder of the Fulton
Mansion - one of the more famous 19th Century mansions in the
state.
The port was busy during the cattle boom, shipping beef to Eastern
ports and New Orleans. With railroad expansion, the packing houses
closed down by the mid-1870s.
Fulton's population was a mere 175 in 1885. A stage line connected
Fulton to Rockport
and St. Mary's of Aransas.
From 1888 to 1900 the town was renamed Aransas City. The name reverted
back to Fulton with the closure of the Aransas City post office.
In the 1930s pre-Columbian artifacts were discovered. Tourism is
the areas biggest economic asset.
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