Camp Seaside Jamestown Rhode Island provided recuperation and recreation first for poor city dwellers and later for 4-H groups and campfire girls. By 1890 there were 342 children and adults listed.

The first Portuguese arrived in Jamestown during the late 1800s bringing with them their traditions and customs. Most were from the Azores.

On September 20th 1914 the steam ferry Conanicut was nearly destroyed by fire at the East Ferry Wharf. NW winds increased the ferocity of the fire. The Training Station assisted with its fireboat and truck.

The three connected houses at the corner of Walcott Ave and Racquet Rd, Jamestown RI include the 1889 Bleecker Box, later known as Brushwood.

Kit Wright (1899-1988) of Philadelphia and Jamestown was a painter, wrote and taught art. One of the prized possessions of the Jamestown Historical Society collection is her painting,” Red, White & Blue”.