Fulton Cleanup and Restoration

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Fulton, Kentucky is in the Jackson Purchase Region of extreme western Kentucky. The city is situated on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, adjacent to South Fulton in Obion County. The two cities utilize many common facilities and unite in efforts to ensure economic and cultural growth.

Fulton is served by the Purchase Parkway, a multi-lane road that connects Interstate 24, fifty miles to the northeast, and future I-69. The Hickman-Fulton County Riverport, a major riverport on the Mississippi River, is 20 miles away.

The climate in Fulton is temperate with pronounced seasonal variations in both temperature and climate. Snowfall is variable from year to year. Most winters have little or none, while others can have a seasonal snowfall of up to 17 inches.

Within 50 miles of Fulton, there are several state and national parks that offer fishing, hunting, water sports, and camping. Reelfoot Lake and National Wildlife Refuge, Kentucky Lake and State Park, Lake Barkley State Park, Land-Between-the-Lakes National Recreational Area, and Columbus-Belmont Battlefield State Park are all within an hour’s drive.

Fulton is the long home to the Banana Festival. 

Upon hearing that the twin cities are hosting a Banana Festival many reply with, "Why Bananas?" While it is true our weather is not conducive to growing bananas, the twin cities have had a great impact on bananas in the United States.

In about 1880 the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad was the first to develop refrigerated cars. Fulton, at the time, was home to a large railroad facility and became the redistribution point for the railroad because of its central location between New Orleans and Canada. The United Fruit Co, now Chiquita, began shipping bananas from South America by ship to New Orleans. The bananas were loaded onto railcars on top of 162-pound blocks of ice for the trip north. Fulton had the only ice house on the route north to Chicago. The bananas were then laid on top of the ice to continue their journey. At one point, over 70% of the bananas that were consumed in the US passed through Fulton. Fulton became known as "The Banana Capital of the World."

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