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Living History Village
1900-1925

1876 Rochester Depot

Fulton County did not have a railroad until after the Civil War. The Indianapolis
Peru & Chicago railroad was built in 1869, the same year the cross-continental rail
was completed with a golden spike in Utah. So this depot is the oldest depot and
on the first railroad in Fulton County. It was donated by Norfolk & Western to the
Fulton County Historical Society in 1969 and was moved to Lakeview Park to
become our first museum. Because it was our first museum and for several years,
our only museum, the depot has a variety of items displayed in old cases. Now that
it is part of the Living History Village, we are restoring it to the way it was when it
was a real depot. The 4-H Model Railroading Club will make a working model in the
freight room to show the five railroads that existed in Fulton County in the early
1900s. One by one they have been torn out and now only one railroad still crosses
Fulton County.

This depot and the log cabin were moved from Lakeview Park to form the nucleus
of the Living History Village in 1992.
Fulton County Historical Society Museums
Fulton County Historical Society
Located in North Central Indiana
Loyal, Indiana
Living History Village
1920-1925