North Fulton residents, however, long complained of receiving few services for the taxes they paid.

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Since 2005 several other areas of north Fulton County have incorporated and outsourced some municipal services as well.

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In 1807, Robert Fulton's "North River Steam Boat" (popularly known as the "Clermont") began chugging its way up New York's Hudson River on its successful round-trip to Albany.

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