The Watch Hill Flying Horse Carousel
I remember many years ago going to the Danbury Fair with my mother when I was about six years old and riding the large merry-go-round [...]
I remember many years ago going to the Danbury Fair with my mother when I was about six years old and riding the large merry-go-round [...]
The following is part five in Westerly Life’s “Behind the Murals” series discussing the history behind all of the recently created murals throughout downtown Westerly. [...]
The following is part 10 in Westerly Life’s “Behind the Murals” series discussing the history behind all of the recently created murals throughout downtown Westerly. [...]
The ship Dauphin was the first of only six whaleships to be built on the west bank of the Pawcatuck River in Westerly by Joseph [...]
The beaches in Westerly will be full on this beautiful fourth of July. Independence Day is always one of the busiest holidays of the year [...]
The waters around Fishers Island, New York and out to nearby Race Rock Lighthouse are littered with numerous shipwrecks. One of the deadliest occurred on [...]
One of the biggest mysteries in Rhode Island is down the Old Post Road in Charlestown. Who built Fort Ninigret? Canon found in Charlestown [...]
During the Battle of Stonington in the War of 1812, a 16-star flag flew defiantly over the small Grasshopper Fort defending Stonington from a British [...]
Many people today know Watch Hill as an upscale resort village but few know that during the 1800’s it was even more popular than it [...]
On June 17, 2019, the Westerly Sun published an article about the Rhode Island Slave History Medallions Project. The goal of the project is to [...]
One-hundred fifty years ago traveling by steamboat was the only way to get to and from New York, from Providence and Boston, efficiently because there [...]
The land that is now the State of Rhode Island was first settled by Europeans in July 1621, however, this was not the first time [...]