1867 – Holmes Cemetery founded
1870 – Town founded as “Coal Centre”. Due to a name conflict, town’s name is changed to Prescott
1870 – Prescott Cemetery founded
1873 – Methodist church organized. Church later built 1881
1873 – First school opens in a private residence
1876 – Small, frame one-room schoolhouse constructed
1883 – New school constructed (now library)
1883 – McIntyre Bridge built east of town
1884 – Presbyterian Church built
1884-1885 – Mantey and Fairmont churches built
1885 – Vote for new Linn County Courthouse
1886 – Schoolyard fenced
1886 – New belfry put on Baptist Church (once used as a one room schoolhouse)
1889 – Shade trees set out along Main Street and schoolyard
1889 – Hedge Law in effect; no higher than 5 feet unless used as a windbreak
1889 – Fulton Catholic Church built
1900 – Train wreck between Prescott and Fulton
1901 – Changed railroad’s name to “Frisco”
1901 – First horseless carriage in township
1903 – First telephone installed
1910 – Sidewalk laid on two sides of schoolyard
1921 – City electricity is approved via election
1925 – Light poles moved to the center of Main Street
1926 – All weather highway built. First named US 73E, it became US 69