Court Cases, Dynamite, and Liquor: The Story of the Tin Tub Saloon
Being a genealogist by trade and having spent countless hours pouring over records for thousands of my ancestors, I thought I knew everything I could [...]
Being a genealogist by trade and having spent countless hours pouring over records for thousands of my ancestors, I thought I knew everything I could [...]
There is no doubt that Benedict Arnold is a traitor to our country but he was also an American hero. Its possible Arnold could have [...]
As shown in previous posts about famous athletes of Westerly, the legacy of local baseball players runs deep. Perhaps the most well-known baseball player to [...]
One of the most successful pirates of all time and Rhode Island’s most notorious was Captain Thomas Tew. He became known as the Rhode Island [...]
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park in Groton, Connecticut is the historic site where, on September 6, 1781, British Forces, commanded by the infamous Benedict Arnold, [...]
All across the world, the dawn of a new year is celebrated with great anticipation and excitement. The excitement is amplified significantly when it comes [...]
Read Part 2 first! Rhode Island’s First Official Flag, 1877-1882 It would be nearly a full century after the Revolutionary War before the State of [...]
Some time ago, one of our writers Gregory Pettys brought us the story behind Westerly’s official seal and the flag that it appears upon. However, [...]
Even Sherlock Holmes would be stumped. A mystery that really shouldn’t be a mystery exists within the Westerly/Stonington area, and it involves our respective high [...]
Rhode Island certainly has many characters in its history; pirates, scoundrels, mystics, and rogues. In fact, Rhode Island was referred to as Rouge’s Island by [...]
Narragansett Bay is the scene of many hundreds of shipwrecks. The exact number is not known but one of the most unusual is the wreck [...]
Read Part 1 first! A gentle swell rocked the Thunderfish as Captain Bill positioned the boat over the wreck of the L-8 which was sunk [...]