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Jamestown Grocery Stores in Past Years
Jamestown’s many small grocery stores over the years included an A&P on the waterfront, several on Narragansett Ave and others on Southwest Ave.
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East Ferry wharf owner active in slave trade
In 1800 Jamestown residents boarded Freeman Mayberry’s ferry to shop in Newport
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French Catholics head east from Gateway to the West
Jamestown Rhode Island influenced by Philadelphian summer colony during the Progressive Era circa 1900.
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Philadelphians shaped island during Progressive Era
Jamestown Rhode Island influenced by Philadelphian summer colony during the Progressive Era circa 1900.
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Jamestown’s History Can be Told Through the Quahog Shell
Indigenous people in Jamestown buried their loved ones with decorated quahog shells as long ago as 1400 BC, according to discoveries by archaeologist William Simmons.
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Shooting, fishing turn to hobbies
As people moved away from the need to fish and hunt, many lost the ability to use the tools once critical to their existence.
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Tefft left lasting impression as clerk
Jamestown native John Doty Jr. proposed that the newly renovated council chambers be named in honor of Rosamond Tefft.
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Revolutionary War took toll on town’s ‘rural character’
A decade ago, residents declared the overarching goal of their community plan should be to “protect Jamestown’s rural character.”
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137-Year Transformation from Boardinghouse to Condos
Abbott Chandler, a 30-year-old merchant mariner who had made nine voyages around South America to the Pacific Ocean, arrived in Jamestown about 1880.
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Polish couple settles into life at West Ferry
Among the men who served at Fort Greble and stayed to become a Jamestown resident was Antoni Piliski. He was born in late 1874 or early 1875 in an area of northeastern Poland that had been annexed by Russia in the late 18th century.
