Noble County 's pioneer settlers arrived soon after the Treaty of Greenville , 1795 ; although the area is near the earliest settlement at Marietta , the northward advance of civilization was delayed by events such as the Big Bottom massacre , 1790 , on the Muskingum River not far to the west . However , the history of Fulda began far later , for Charles Burlingame platted it in 1861 . By the late 1880s , numerous Germans were among the small village 's population
Big Bottom massacre
Big Bottom massacre
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Fulda, Ohio)