One Upon a Time: Celebrating the Fulton Library's Centennial

On July 2, 1908, a group of citizens opened the Fulton Public Library in rented rooms on the second floor of the Odd Fellows building.

Now, 100 years later, the Callaway County Public Library is celebrating its centennial with programs throughout the month of July. These pages contain excerpts from two documents from those early years.

Odd Fellows Building, 1908

Carnegie Building, 1916

2008

Fulton Library Timeline

Executive Comittee Report - March 1909

History of the Callaway County Public Library - 1983

Looking Back: The Callaway County Public Library - November 2002

One Hundred Years: A Writing Contest

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest and congratulations to the winners:

• Grand Prize: Ericca Thornhill for The Fulton Stock Sales

• First Place, Short Story Division: Jennifer O'Donley Bondurant for Falling Down
• First Place, Essay Division: Alice Anna Reese for Fulton's Fleetest Feet
• First Place, Poetry Division: Daniel Keith Whanger for Shangri-la in Callaway

• Honorable Mentions: Brian Strough for County Fair, Scott Strough for Little Dixie Lake, Cheryl Arney for A Kingdom Past, Mike Palada for At the Battle of Moore's Mill, Cynthia Schreen for The Potato Way

Friends of the Library Book Sale

The Friends had a great book sale on June 21 during the street fair. Thank you for your support!
The next book sale has been scheduled for Saturday, October 18. You can donate gently used books to the Friends for that sale beginning September 17.