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Fulton, Missouri
Fulton, Missouri

Fulton

Missouri, United States
Also known as: Volney
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Fulton, city, seat (1825) of Callaway county, central Missouri, U.S. It lies 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Jefferson City. Laid out in 1825 and named Volney, it was renamed shortly thereafter for Robert Fulton, steamboat engineer and inventor. Fulton is the seat of Westminster College (1851) and William Woods University (1870). At Westminster College, Sir Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech on March 5, 1946. To commemorate the occasion, the college brought from...

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