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? May 23 WaterFire, Providence Shoes and Their Secret Stories, Newport May 24 Food Truck Fridays, Providence May 25 Federal Hill Culinary and History Tour, Providence Statuary and Gardens Guided Tour, Bristol Cemetery Walk, Providence Providence Ghost Tour, Providence May 25-26 9th Annual First Light Powwow, Woonsocket May 25-27 Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival, Pawtuxet, Warwick May 26 Blackstone Valley Explorer Nature and Heritage Tour, Pawtucket More events May 23rd in Rhode Island history* 1714 Walter Clarke, three-time Rhode Island Colonial governor under the Royal Charter, and the first native-born governor, dies at 74. 1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Civil War general and governor (1866-'69) of Rhode Island, is born in Liberty, Indiana. 1825 The First Universalist Church and twenty other buildings on Westminster and Union Streets are destroyed by fire. 1977 One year after his last visit, Elvis Presley returns to the Providence Civic Center for a third sold-out show. 1979 At 1:30am Frosty, the Slater Park Zoo's popular 800-pound polar bear, is shot and killed by Pawtucket Police after vandals, using bolt cutters, released him from his compound.
Facts and folklore Rhode Island Facts and Trivia Per square mile, Rhode Island has more shipwrecks than any other state, and other fascinating tidbits! Knights of the Sea by Frank Pritchard One was our own. Recipes Do-it-yourself Rhode Island cuisine. The Beginnings of Labor Day in Rhode Island by D. Scott Molloy It wasn't always just another day off. More Facts & Folklore Cuisine Cavalieri's Wood Street Bakery, Bristol "Put your wiener where your mouth is!" Cool Corner Creamery, Woonsocket Savor slowly your cabinet! Powder Mill Creamery and Coffee Roasters, Greenville, Smithfield Cabinets made from any flavor ice cream! Try Tasmanian Peach—it's good! Matunuck Oyster Bar, Matunuck, South Kingstown Farm to table, pond to plate! Del's, Warwick "Stop at the sign of the lemon," "It's refreshingly different!" Arruda's Dairy Farms, Tiverton Coffee milk so fresh it moos! More Cuisine	The Last Gibbet Cage A South County ghost story. Attractions Bald Eagles of Scituate Reservoir, North Scituate, Scituate by Mike Tucker This Way to the Eaglets! Big Coffee Mug—CLOSED/DEMOLISHED, North Smithfield King Kong-sized caffeine delivery system! Aardvark Antiques, Newport Knickknacks of the rich and famous! Piazza Marconi, Johnston A signal honor. William Blackstone Memorial Park, Cumberland by Louise Lind Has anyone seen a box of bones around? More Attractions

© 1999–2019 Quahog.org (with the exception of elements provided by contributors, as noted).

stuffie@quahog.org

Quahog.org: We put the "hog" in "whole hog."