On August 6, 1931, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching for the House of David semi-pro team, defeated the Byrne Sieberlings 5–3 in a game played in Fulton, NY.

In fact, during the Great Depression of the early 1930s, the New York Sun newspaper (NYC) wrote a lengthy article describing Fulton, its residents and the strong local economy.

"[4] In 1942, Caroline Speare Rohland won a WPA commission to paint a post office mural for the town.

[5] The Oak Street School, Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton Public Library, Chancellor (tugboat), John Wells Pratt House, State Street Methodist Episcopal Church, David Van Buren House, John Van Buren Tavern, Volkert Van Buren House, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[9] American Woolen Mills, a large textile firm located on the west bank of the Oswego River, provided uniforms and other cloth-related supplies for the US Army in both World Wars.

Besides Poles, the west side of the river was also settled with a sizable community of Italian immigrants as well as Czechoslovakians, Ukrainians, Syrians, and other, mostly Eastern European nationalities.

The area on the east side of the Oswego River was originally a part of the Township of Volney.

Several factories were located north and the south of the downtown area along the Oswego River to make use of the rapids and fast-flowing water for power.

[10] However, in 2003, after more than 100 years, citing the high cost of restoring and updating the aging plant, Nestle closed the factory, leaving four hundred local employees jobless.

The company filed for bankruptcy and local Oswego County officials tried to find an appropriate buyer for the property so that it could continue to work toward a reopening.

[14] The Miller Brewing Company operated a plant in the Town of Volney, (just outside Fulton city limits) from the mid-1970s until its closure in 1994.

Fulton is located near Lake Ontario and receives significant "lake-effect snow" fall in excess of a 100 inches (250 cm) per year.

In its earlier years, the American Woolen Mills contributed greatly to the development and upkeep of Recreation Park.

Today there are both football and softball fields, a waterfront area, pier, sheltered picnic tables, grills, and other outdoor leisure facilities.

On the northwest side of the park is a city-owned campground known as Bullhead Bay that hosts tents and recreational camper units throughout the late spring, summer and early fall.

Concerts are held during the summer months featuring traditional and diverse styles of music and related entertainment.

Long ago a small bandstand connected by diagonal sidewalks to opposing corners of the park was located near the center of the acreage.

A new bandstand was erected in the "old downtown" area of Fulton overlooking the Oswego River and one of two locks in the "New York State Barge Canal" portion of the waterway.

Fulton was long-known as the home of the Falley Seminary, a preparatory school attended by both locals and out-of-area boarding students.

Over the years there have been a number of public schools built in neighborhoods of Fulton and surrounding towns.

A branch of Cayuga Community College (CCC) is located in the retrofitted shell of a grocery store and other former retail spaces.

Construction of the store was temporarily halted in early 2007 after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation refused access to the area to preserve nesting bald eagles during the spring mating season.