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The Narragansett Runestone was originally situated in Narragansett Bay and only visible during extremely low tides. [5] The runestone disappeared in 2012. On April 26, 2013, the Rhode Island Attorney General announced that the stone had been recovered after an individual came forward with information. [6]
Druidsdream is a historic house at 144 Gibson Avenue in Narragansett, Rhode Island. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story stone structure, completed in 1884. It was built, probably by predominantly Narragansett stonemasons, for Joseph Hazard, a locally prominent landowner and botanist. It has a cross-gable plan, with its main facade divided into three bays ...
Remains of stonewalls constructed by Stonewall John at Queen's Fort in Exeter. Stonewall John (also known as Nawham or Nawwhun and John Wall-Maker and Stonelayer John) [1] (died July 2, 1676) was a seventeenth century Narragansett leader in Rhode Island who was a skilled stone mason and blacksmith often credited with building stone wall fortifications at Queen's Fort in Exeter [2] and Stony ...
Narragansett is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 14,532 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] However, during the summer months the town's population more than doubles to near 34,000. [ 4 ]
The elbow marked the southwest corner of the state of Rhode Island. Here, just off the shore, rougher ocean waters directly to the south converged with the calmer waters of Long Island Sound to ...
Earlscourt Historic District is a residential historic district in Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States.It is centered on a stretch of Earles Court, between Gibson Avenue and Noble Street, and includes a few properties on the adjacent Gibson Avenue and Woodward and Westminster Streets.
Nine Men's Misery is a site in current day Cumberland, Rhode Island, where nine colonists were tortured by Narragansett warriors during King Philip's War. A stone memorial was constructed in 1676 and is believed to be the oldest war monument in the United States.
One of its casualties was Narragansett’s seawall. A photograph from Sept. 22, 1938, by Steve Nicklas shows how the storm demolished the seawall along Ocean Avenue.