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Dulles’ fascination with the Narragansett beach stimulated so much tourist traffic that “Uncle Ezbon” S. Taylor opened the first real hotel – The Narragansett House – in 1856, catering largely to Dulles’ family and friends from Philadelphia and New York.
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Archaeological evidence places Narragansett peoples in the region that later became the colony and state of Rhode Islandmore than 30,000 years ago. They inhabited the area along Narragansett Bay from present-day Warwick to South Kingstown and were the largest of a number of native tribes living in the area. In 1524, the Italian explorer Giovanni da...
The first European settlers arrived in the region around 1635, and the following year the Narragansett sachems Canonicus and his nephew Miantonomi granted Roger Williamsland use rights to establish the settlement that would become the city of Providence. Williams had been banished by the civil authorities of Massachusetts Bay Colony due to his non-...
Good relations between the Narragansett and the European colonists lasted barely another decade before King Philip’s War—the first major war between colonists and Native Americans—broke out in 1675. Philip was the English name given to Metacom, the chief of the Wampanoag tribe and the son of Massasoit, the Native American leader who famously helped...
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The colonists quickly came into contact with both the Narragansett and Niantic Sachems. Historically, tribal members had two homes; a winter home and a summer home. The winter home would be called a long house in which up to 20 families would live in over the cold winter months.
May 1, 2007 · Family is a 3rd season episode of House which first aired on May 1, 2007. A bone marrow transplant to a critically ill patient is threatened when the donor, his younger brother becomes ill as well. Although the younger brother doesn't appear to be in danger from his illness, the team's...
In Reading Vd in 1908, Irving B. Richman stressed the economic worth of the Narragansett County and, hence, its attraction to Connecticut Gov. John Winthrop. Winthrop claimed the Narragansett County from Connecticut and he had a specific claim in Narragansett by the Atherton Purchase.
The Seven B's V - "The only good addiction" The Seven B’s V is a family owned and operated 80 ft. “Lydia” custom fishing Yacht located in Narragansett, R.I. (2 State St. 02882) Dependent on the season, the daily fishing trips target Cod, Fluke, Black fish (Tautog), Porgie (Scup), Striped Bass, Squid or Sea Bass.
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In 1636, the Narragansett were able to defeat the Pequot with the help of the English. The Mohegans, who were a branch of the Pequot, later captured the chief sachem of the Narragansetts,...
