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about and images of the people, places, and things on these lists. These
are not exhaustive lists; they are just some people, places, and things
we are hoping to learn more about. There are many other historic figures,
events, places, etc. that you may know about. Won't you share your knowledge.
If you have knowledge about these topics or if you think there are other
important people or places we should add to our list, please let us know.
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People:
Arcaro, Judge Harold
Arnold, James N.
Arthur, Chester
Atherton, Humphrey
Babcock, Rev. William
Bacon, Nathaniel Terry
Ballard. Robert
Baur, Otto
Bennett, Harvey
Bone, Rev. W. Thomas
Borda, Avice Weed Sprague Wheaton
Borda, Mrs. ________ Bell
Bouvier, “Black Jack”
Bouvier, M.C., and the “Misses
Bouvier”
Brewer, Nicholas R.
Brine, Walter “Salty”
Browning, Portia Sprague Whitney
Canonicus
Carsten, Robert
Caswell, Herbert
Caswell, Richard
Caswell, W. Herbert
Chafee, Zechriah
Chase, Salmon Portland
Church, Benjamin
Coman, Rex
Conkling, Roscoe
Cooper, James Fenimore
Daughter of Edwin Booth—Mrs. I.R.
Grossman
Davis, Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, Winnie
Donaldson, Ethel Sprague
DuChazaud, Madame Inez Sprague Stiness
Dulles, John Foster
Dulles, Joseph H.
Dun, Robert G.
Earle, Edward
Ewing, Lucia Chase
Fisher, Irving
Grant, “Nelly” Mrs. U.S.
Greeley, Horace
Gwynne, Misses
Hancock, Maj. Gen. W.S.
Havemeyer, H.O.
Hazard, Caroline
Hazard, Jonathan
Hazard, Joseph Peace
Hazard, Rowland
Hazard, Thomas R.
Hickey, John
Hinckley, Frank
Hitchcock, Dr. Charles
Irving, Washington
Kane, Florence Brevoort
Kane, Peggy
Kinney, Francis Sherwood
Kissouth, Winifred J.W.
Knauss, Dean John
Lattimer, Sallie
Lee, Charles Peabody
Little, Royal
Lootjens, Maurice
McSparran, Rev. James
Mellon, Andrew
Miantonomi
Miller, John W., Sr.
Moulton, Dr. F.D.
Mumford, Thomas
“Ned”
Onassis, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
O’Niell, William
Pershing, General John
Randolph, Philip S.P., Sr.
“Reckless Charlie”
Regicide of Charles II suspect
Roberts, Dennis J.
Robinson, Hannah
Robinson, Rowland
Robinson, Dep. Gov. William
Ryan, Thomas
Salinger, Mrs. Jean
Saunders, Aldrich
Schneider, Claudine
Sculptor of Addition outside the Towers
Sculptor of Beach Statues 1 and 2
Sculptor of Wooden Indian
Sherry, Louis
Snead, Sam
Sprague, Amasa (1828-1901)
Sprague, Inez Weed Calvert
Sprague, Kate Chase
Sprague, William (1830-1915)
Sprague, Willie
Tashtassuck
Taylor, Ezbon, Jr.
Taylor, Ezbon, Sr.
Tefft, Thomas
Trainor, Raymond
Trainor, Sheila
Vanderbuilt, Cornelius
Verrazzano, Giovanni
Wanamaker, Thomas B.
Vogel, Marge Mrs.
Watson, Elisha
Watson, Irving
Watts, Judge
Westlake, George
Whaley, “Captain” Joseph
Whaley, Henry
Wharton, Rev. Francis
White, Sanford
Williams, Roger
Winthrop, John Jr.
Wood, Augustus B., Jr.
Wright, Ted
Wyatt, Otis
Places:
Anawan Farm
Atlantic House
Atwood Hotel
Aunt Carrie’s
Barnes Newberry Jr. House (Now
Christian Brothers Novitiate)
Bass Rock Farm
Bayview Hotel
Berwick Hotel
Billington’s
Black Point
Bonnie Bourne Park
Bonnet Shores Beach Club
Bonnet Shores Pond
Bridge Point Commons
Burnside House
Camp Cronin
Camp Varnum
Canonchet Farm
Canonchet Hall
Canonchet Mansion
Canonchet Stables
Canonchet Statue
Carlton Hotel
Casino 1 and 2
Caswell Block
Cemeteries
Champlin’s
Coast Guard House
Columbus Hotel
Continental Hotel
Delawan House
Docks at Galilee
Docks at Narragansett Pier
Docks at South Ferry
Druid’s Dream
Dunes Carlton Hotel
Dunes Club 1 and 2
Dunmere
Elm Cottage
Elmurst
Fishermen’s Coop
Fishermen’s Memorial Park
Fort Adams
Fort Kearney
Fort Nathaniel Greene
Gale of 1815 Knowles Burial Site
Gardenscourt
George’s
Gibson Cottages
Gillians Lodge
Green Inn
Hazard Block
Hazard Castle
Hazard Tower
Hillcrest
Homeleigh
Hopewell
Hotel De La Plage
Idlewood
Imperial Hotel
Indian Rock
Indian Statue (wooden)
Indian Village (1300’s) near Salt
Pond
John Chafee Preserve
Joseph Peace Hazard’s Proposed Burial
Site
Kendal Green
Kinney Bungalow
Kinney Lodge
Knowles (J.R.) Farm
Lasata
Lighthouse Inn
Lions Head
Mansion House
Massassoit Hotel
Matthewson Hotel
McSparran Hotel
Meadow View House
Metaxet Hotel
Middlebridge Holdings of Town
Miramar
Mount Hope Hotel
Narragansett House
Narrow River
Ninigret Cottage
Nirvana
Ocean House
Oceanography Campus and Museum
Old Man’s Face Rock
Pettaquamscutt House
Plantations
Point Judith Country Club
Point Judith Harbor of Refuge/Pt.Judith
Breechway
Point Judith Lighthouse 1 2
Polo Fields
Reading Room
Revere House
Rockingham Hotel
Rockledge
Roger Wheeler Beach
Rosalind
Rose Nulman Park
Rowland Robinson House
St. Peter’s 1 and 2
Salt Pond
Salty Brine Beach
Scarborough Beach
Scarborough Ruins (Windswept)
Sea Meadow
Sea View Farm
Sea View Hotel
Shore Acres
Sonnenschein
South County Museum
South Ferry
South Ferry Church
Southern Hotel
Sprague Park
Sprague Pond
Squaw Rocks (now Glacial Erratics)
Starr Cottage
State Pier #5
Stonecroft
Stone Lea
Sunset Farm
Sunset Rocks
Surf Hotel
Suwanee Villa Carriage House
Towers
Town Hall 1 and 2
Valmare
Village Commons
Water Tower at Earle’s Court
Wave Crest Tavern (Delman Realty)
Whimsey Cot
White Hall
Windermere
Things:
Bandstand at Village Green
Beach “Peace Statues”
Bike Path
Blessing of the Fleet
Canonchet Fire, 1909
Canonchet, The Narragansetts, and
Canonchet Farm: A Book of Annotated Readings
Champion Trees in Canonchet Farm
Cupid on Crutches, 1879
Fire, 1900
Firm of McKim, Meade and White
Gale of 1815
Gale of 1869
Gunning Rock
Historic and Architectural Resources
of Narragansett
History of the Church of
Narragansett
Hurricane Bob
Hurricane Carol
Hurricane of 1938
Industrial Park
Middlebridge (various)
Mural at Pettaquamscutt Historical
Society (Narragansett Planters)
Mural in Town Hall
Narragansett By-the-Sea
Narragansett Herald
Narragansett in Vintage Post Cards
Narragansett Pacer
Narragansett Pier RR
Narragansett Plantations
Narragansett Times
Newspaper articles on Narragansett
(various)
North Atlantic Squadron (visit of)
Ocean Walk
Point Judith C.C.
Polo
Post Cards of Narragansett
R.I. Philharmonic Concerts
Sea View RR
Ship Wrecks
“Southland” boat
Souvenirs of Narragansett Pier:
1884 to 1922 (forewords by Maury Klein, 1888, undated, 1884,
1885, 1888, 1891, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1922)
Spiritualism
Sprague Bridge 1, 2, 3
Steamer “Mount Hope”
Stonewalls
Surfing
The Narragansett Pier Towers &
Casino at the Turn of the Century: 100th Anniversary 1883-1983
The Sea View Railroad: Through he
Woods and Across the Fields to Narragansett Pier
Tuna Tournaments
Walking the Wall
Walk on Beach
Wampum
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things, groups, businesses, books, buildings, works of art, or people from
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