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Rocky Point Memories Contest
Rocky Point Amusement Park operated on the shore of Narragansett Bay in Warwick from the late 1840s until its closing in 1995. During those decades generations of Rhode Islanders swam in the salt water pool, screamed themselves hoarse on the Freefall, spun around on the circa 1915 Herschell-Spillman carousel, clung tightly to […]

The above photo by P.H. Rose shows a view from the south of the Monohasett Woolen Mill, circa 1890. The mill was (and still is) located at the corner of Eagle Street and Kinsley Avenue in Providence.
The mill was established in 1866 by a couple of guys named Paine and Sackett. The main building, according […]

In June of 1772 brave colonists from Rhode Island burned the British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, in what has become recognized as the first overt action leading to the American Revolutionary War. For the past 43 years the village of Pawtuxet, RI has commemorated this act with the annual Gaspee Days Celebration. Celebrate America’s ‘First […]

This is where it all began.
The Arcade is the country’s oldest indoor shopping mall. Built entirely of granite in 1828 (when Providence’s population numbered only 14,000), it was the first commercial venture established on the west side of the Providence River.
The 216-foot structure, which fronts on both Westminster and Weybosset Streets, was originally owned by […]