Narragansett Historical Society
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		This site is dedicated to the history of Narragansett, Rhode Island, ` a beautiful seaside town with a rich and varied past, a vibrant present, and excellent prospects for a wonderful future. This is intended to be an active and growing site. Please bookmark our site and return to see what new information and and pictures may have been added. You can also check for new activities on our list of public events.
	Site Contents	2013 Late Spring Upcoming Events
	A Brief History Archives Hotels of the Gilded Age Membership Narragansett Scenes Narragansett Town Beach People, Places & Things Love Letters to Narragansett	Thursday May 23rd 6:00 pm at the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library -- Free -- Richard Vangermeersch will discuss Cupid on Crutches; or, One Summer at Narragansett Pier, Augustus B. Wood's 1879 novel about life and romance in Narragansett, RI. The presentation will provide a critique and selected readings from the novel. Saturday June 9th 10:00 am until 4:00 pm at Narraganset Pier Marketplace -- Free -- The Narragansett Historical Society will again have a table at this second year of Where's the Town's Seaside Fair. We will have information, some historic booklets for sale, and opportunities for people to get to know what we're about, sign up fo remails and/or memberships. See the Seaside Village Fair poster below. Wednesday July 24th 10:30 to noon -- Coastal Institute at Bay Campus -- Free -- Wayne and Bernice Durfee will conduct their very informative talk and tour about the history of the South Ferry area. This is a very popular annual event and, if you haven't sat in on this before, we highly recommend it. (Will be repeated August 7th.) Wednesday August 7th 10:30 to noon -- Coastal Institute at Bay Campus -- Free -- This is a repeat presentation for those of you who couldn't make the July 24th date. Wayne and Bernice Durfee will conduct their very informative talk and tour about the history of the South Ferry area. This is a very popular annual event and, if you haven't sat in on this before, we highly recommend it.

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2013 marks Narragansett's 125 Anniversary. In 1888 Narragansett was separated from the Town of South Kingston. Help us prepare to celebrate the Town of Narragansett's 125th anniversary.

• We hope to provide information about interesting and historic people and places and things in Narragansett. You can help by providing information about some of the people, the places, and the things (books, works of art, landmarks, etc. that were important in Narragansett's history. Or, tell us who or what we have not listed that you think are important. Click our People Places Things button to see the list of people, places, and things for which we are seeking information.
  
  
• We are collecting Love Letters to Narragansett. The Love Letters button will show you ones that we have received. If you want to write a Love Letter to Narragansett and have it posted on our site, use postal mail or email to send it to us at the addresses listed under Contact Us.

Additional events are being planned.

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