Daniel Boone Regional Library

On July 2, 1908, a group of citizens opened the Fulton Public Library in rented rooms on the second floor of the Odd Fellows building.

One hundred years later, the Callaway County Public Library celebrated its centennial with programs throughout the month of July 2008. DBRL's current library card design also commemorates the centennial, and residents of Callaway County can upgrade to the new card for free.

Read about the history of the library and excerpts from two documents from those early years:

• Fulton Library Timeline
• Executive Comittee Report - March 1909
• History of the Callaway County Public Library - 1983

One Hundred Years: A Writing Contest

This contest celebrated the centennial. Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners whose work was published by the Callaway Writer's Group in "Callaway - 100 Years."

• Grand Prize: Ericca Thornhill for The Fulton Stock Sales

• First Place, Short Story Division: Jennifer O'Donley Bondurant for Falling Down
• First Place, Essay Division: Alice Anna Reese for Fulton's Fleetest Feet
• First Place, Poetry Division: Daniel Keith Whanger for Shangri-la in Callaway

• Honorable Mentions: Brian Strough for County Fair, Scott Strough for Little Dixie Lake, Cheryl Arney for A Kingdom Past, Mike Palada for At the Battle of Moore's Mill, Cynthia Schreen for The Potato Way