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  1. Before the arrival of European settlers in northern Rhode Island during the 17th century, today's Woonsocket region was inhabited by three Native American tribes: the Nipmuc (Cowesett), Wampanoag, and Narragansett. [8]

  2. Jun 6, 2023 · The area that now includes the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island was first inhabited by three indigenous tribes: the Nipmucs, Wampanoags, and Narragansetts. 1 In the 1660s, Richard Arnold Sr., an associate of Roger Williams, laid claim to land along the Blackstone River and built a sawmill on the Rhode Island side. 2 The area remained relatively ...

  3. Woonsocket, city, Providence county, northern Rhode Island, U.S., on the Blackstone River just south of the Massachusetts border. The first European occupation of the site was made by Richard Arnold, who built a sawmill in 1666; his brother John built a house there in 1695.

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  4. In the late 17th century, French Huguenot families immigrated to Rhode Island and became influential in business and political affairs. One of these immigrants was Gabriel Bernon - a Newport merchant and relative of Crawford Allen for whom the Bernon Mill Village in Woonsocket was named.

  5. Apr 27, 2017 · The character of the neighborhood is a legacy of the family of Woonsocket's 1850s abolitionist mill owner Edward Harris. When Harris’ heirs subdivided the family estate off Homestead Road,...

  6. It was a heartfelt thank-you for American help in defeating the Nazi regime and saving many in post-war France from starvation and the political chaos that surely would have followed. The Rhode Island Merci Train boxcar arrived at, and was accepted at, Woonsocket on February 8, 1949.

  7. Woonsocket, R. I., (AP) - This industrial city of 50,000, third largest in Rhode Island, was under a state of emergency today with some 500 families evacuated after rain-swollen Horseshoe Dam burst, flooding a four mile square congested tenement and small store area. Gov. Dennis J. Roberts and Woonsocket Mayor Kevin A. Coleman both declared a ...

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