Fulton School
Wakeshma Township
Location: District #2 – Section 21, south side of W Ave., a little west of 42nd Street.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1293
Teachers
1898 C. J. Mears
1921-22 Miriam Vickers Burk and Walter Nidy
1925-26 Ovid Martin and Florence Stofflet
1927-28 Ovid Martin and Mrs. Bertha Eddy
1929-32 Mrs. Ruth Harmon and Grace Jenkins
1932-33 Ovid Martin and Grace Jenkins
1933-34 W. C. White and Isobel Cramer
1934-35 W. C. White, Isobel Cramer, and Edna Heminger
1935-36 W. C. White, Ruth A. Fochtman, and June Prolo
1936-37 B. Hollenbeck and Mrs. Dale Nidy
1937-38 Dorothy McMahon and Mrs. Dale Nidy
1938-39 Walter Nidy and Mrs. Dale Nidy
1939-40 Alberta M. Hacker
1940-41 Burdette Hollenbeck and Marian Frost
1941-42 Vivian Reese and Marian Frost
1942-43 Walter Nidy
1943-44 Mrs. Esther Moerdyke
1944-45 Gordon McCain
1945-46 Mrs. Marguerite Kellogg
1946-47 Mrs. Minnie Haas and Mrs. Mariam Burke
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, February 2017. Last updated 21 June 2022.
Sources
Books
Manual of the Public Schools of Kalamazoo County, Michigan for 1898-1899
J. W. Hazard, Commissioner of Schools
Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, Printers, 1898
History Room Orange Dot File: Education (Kalamazoo County)
Manuscripts
List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982
- Hultmark, Sarah.
- Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library
Maps and atlases
USGS Topographic Map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23
- Shows as a school symbol without a name on this map.
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1947 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)