Quahog.org: The definitive Rhode Island road trip

Welcome to Quahog.org, the definitive Rhode Island road trip This site is a guide to the Ocean State’s history, culture, and quirks. Here you will find articles on much of what makes Rhode Island Rhode Island. Continued… Related: Quahog.org in the news • Staff • Submissions		Events Calendar RSS iCal Huh? March 13 Opening Day at A&W Root Beer, Greenville, Smithfield Tour Your Own Backyard: Floral Motifs and Garden Greenhouses, Pawtucket Maple Sugar Thanksgiving, Exeter Ocean State Follies, Narragansett 54th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade!, Newport 3rd Annual Irish and Italian Feast, Cranston Maple Sugaring Tours, Coventry Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Walk, Providence March 14 Saved by the Belles, Bristol H.P. Lovecraft Service of Tribute: H.P. Lovecraft... Revealed, Providence More events March 11th in Rhode Island history 1862 General Ambrose E. Burnside's forces sail for Newbern, North Carolina. 1888 A severe blizzard hits Rhode Island. 1976 At 8:30am an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale is felt from Oakland south to Newport, where a lamp falls off a table. The quake is the largest in Rhode Island's recorded history.
Facts and folklore Rhode Island as a Unit of Measure Bigger than a breadbox, smaller than the universe! A Living Museum by Michael Bell History, oral history, and folklore of the Looff Carousel at Crescent Park. Shellfishing Information Cold and clammy. Tristam Burges by Wilfred H. Munro Rhode Island's "bald eagle" of oratory. More Facts & Folklore Cuisine Newport Creamery, Providence "Awful Big, Awful Good!" "Drink three, get one free!" Commons Lunch, Little Compton Quaint. Main Street 2000 Restaurant, Woonsocket Taste the future! Del's, West Warwick "Stop at the sign of the lemon," "It's refreshingly different!" Original New York System, Providence Where it all started. Or so they say... Crugnale Bakery and Pizza, North Providence "Quality baked bread since 1917." And pizza strips! More Cuisine	Crow's Nest, Apponaug, Warwick Your source for year-round clam shack treats! Attractions Aardvark Antiques, Newport Knickknacks of the rich and famous! Cenotaph of John Wickes, Esq., Warwick One man, two graves. Painted Rock, Block Island The paintball with the crunchy rock center! Newport Butterfly Zoo, Tiverton Butterflies aren't free. Crosswalk to Nowhere, Foster A town of unrepentant jaywalkers. More Attractions

© 1999–2010 Quahog.org (with the exception of elements provided by contributors, as noted).

stuffie@quahog.org

Quahog.org: Pronouncing "court" and "caught" the same way since time immemorial.