SIGN UP FOR THE FRONTIER BARN QUILT TRAIL BUS TOUR - Friday Oct. 18, 2019
On this year's bus tour we’ll be returning to the Akersville Community Festival. Folks had such a great time and enjoyed the huge selection of homecooked food last year that we had to include it again this year. Lunch will be available at the festival for a donation. Leaving Akersville we will head north towards Wells Tannery to view the beautiful barn quilts in the northern portion of Fulton County. From Wells Tannery we will travel to Waterfall, Hustontown, Fort Littleton and then to Burnt… Read More
Winners of Photo Contest 2018
The 2018 Barn Quilt Photo Contest entries were displayed at the Fall Folk Festival Art Show at the Fulton County Library.First Place winner was Sophie Cutshaw of Mercersburg with her late afternoon photo of the Henry family's block "Rural Felicity"in Clear Ridge, Dublin Township.Second place went to April Leese's "Gem Bridge Star"located on Gem Bridge Road in Belfast Township.Third Place went to Tom Duffy of Todd Township.Honorable Mention went to Jean Price, Sam Jackson, Linda Crampton, and Cormac Houpt. Read More
Barn Quilt Trail to Feature A Road Rally Event
What do you get when you cross a scenic drive and an intense scavenger hunt? You get a Road Rally, one of the least expensive and most fun motorsports around!
The Frontier Barn Quit Trail of Fulton County, in conjunction with the Susquehanna Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), is sponsoring the Inaugural Frontier Barn Quilt Trail Road Rally on October 6, 2018. To promote the accomplishment of the Frontier Barn Quilt Trail obtaining status as the largest of its kind in the state, the Rally route will… Read More
The Frontier Barn Quilt Trail and the Susquehanna Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) held the first Frontier Barn Quilt Trail Road Rally Saturday October 6th. Starting at the Fulton County fairgrounds a mix of car enthusiasts began a 59 mile scavenger hunt. The drive featured 37 of Fulton County’s 200-plus barn quilts and five checkpoints. Each team consisted of a driver and a navigator to wind through the scenic route in order to find answers to questions. The rally was not based on speed but on answers to the questions. The weather started with a foggy day where many… Read More
The Frontier Barn Quilt Trail Committee is working to produce a full color book of the over two hundred barn quilts located throughout our beautiful county. With the Frontier Barn Quilt Trail being the largest Barn Quilt Trail in the state of Pennsylvania, we feel it appropriate to produce a quality product that folks can enjoy for years to come.
The book will include both up-close and landscape pictures of each quilt along with the story that each barn quilt host has written about their creation(s). The stories share faimily and local history, personal interests, dedications, the past… Read More
The Fulton County Historical Society Barn Quilt Tour for 2018 was a great success. We had 2 buses, with 80 people, a beautiful day, and saw over 70 barn quilts. With our expert narrators, Mike Crampton and Dick Miller that added to all of the rich history of the county. We stopped in Akersville and had a great homemade lunch in the Akersville Community Church. They had over 50 vendors and even had a French fry vendor that actually made fries over an open fire in a kettle. There was plenty of homemade deserts and peach ice cream along with… Read More
We will be touring nearly 40 new and unique barn quilts, and we are also offering two festivals for one. Yes, not only will you get to enjoy the Fulton Fall Folk Festival, but we will also be visiting the Akersville Fall Festival. Over 50 vendors featuring a broad spectrum of crafts, apparel, antiques, vintage farm equipment and more will be set up on the ball field. Lunch will be available featuring delicious homemade soups, sandwiches and desserts and all by donation only. The community volunteers use these funds for the upkeep of the historic two story School House, the… Read More
The challenge: To embrace one’s inner artist to capture the beauty of various barn quilts in their rural environment, looking for picturesque settings, not just the barn quilts in mind.
With that challenge in mind, forty-seven entries made up the First Annual Frontier Barn Quilt Photography Contest. Judged by Lisa Clevenger of Lisa’s Photo Creations and Cindy Glessner of the Fulton County Quilt Club, three winners and several honorable mentions were announced.
Angela McKelvy of Warfordsburg took the first prize of $200 with her photo of her landlord’s barn quilt “Pigeon Cove Cross.” Second place and $150 went to Sophie… Read More
The Fulton County Historical Society Bus Tours held during the 2017 Fulton Fall Folk Festival were great events enjoyed by many. Both the morning and afternoon tours were sold out and over 100 unique barn quilts were viewed in their rural and municipal settings. Folks from all over Pennsylvania and Maryland enjoyed the tours and many asked about our plans for next year’s tour(s). We wish to thank all those who joined us on the tours. It was a fun day for all of us involved in putting these tours together and we trust the tourists enjoyed the bus, the… Read More
Scattered throughout Fulton County, visitors will find nearly 150 painted quilts mounted on barns, sheds, homes, and businesses along scenic roadways. The project is called the Frontier Barn Quilt Trail of Fulton County. It is meant to highlight Fulton County’s history, heritage and rural nature. Following three successful bus tours during last year’s Fulton Fall Folk Festival, the Frontier Barn Quilt Committee is sponsoring new tours for this year’s festival. The tours are set for Friday, October 20. They will go a little further afield, covering Taylor and Wells Township in the northern end of the county and Thompson, Bethel… Read More
The Frontier Barn Quilt Trail is announcing its first annual Barn Quilt Photo Contest. Embrace your inner artist and canvas Fulton County’s barn quilt trails to capture the beauty of the various barn quilts in their rural settings. The photographs will be displayed at this year’s Fulton Fall Folk Festival Art Show held in the county library.
Three prizes will be awarded:
$200 First Place, $150 Second Place, $100 Third Place. In addition 2’ x 2’ barn quilts will be awarded to the winners. The contest is open to all amateur photographers and runs from August 28 through October 6,… Read More
