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Category : Richmond (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Driftways Into the Past
Author: The Boys of Adams' Battery G
Author: Robert GrandchampPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786454571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Raised from Rhode Island farmers and millworkers in the autumn of 1861, the Union soldiers of Battery G fought in such bloody conflicts as Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, and Cedar Creek. At the storming of Petersburg on April 2, 1865, seven cannoneers were awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the face of the enemy. This history captures the battlefield exploits of the "Boys of Hope" but also depicts camp life, emerging cannon technology, and the social events of the Civil War.
Lillibridge Houses, expanded version
Author: James Lowell HallPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329396502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Tells the history of the Lillibridge family and their homes, beginning with Thomas Lillibridge, who moved to Rhode Island in the 1690s. This expanded edition includes the story of the Hampton Lillibridge House, one of the most haunted houses in Savannah, Georgia.
Proceedings
Author: South Wales Institute of EngineersPublisher:
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Richmond
Author: Kirk W. HousePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738549026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Through the centuries, Richmond soil has supported everything from forest to farms to fairways. Long ago, textile mills were strung along the waterways and more than a dozen one-room schools dotted the landscape. In Richmond, rediscover those bygone places and other cherished scenes: country churches, farm boys, mill employees, state road crews with their horses, ladies in elegant hats, small-town doctors hurrying out in early automobiles, and Richmond boys in baseball and army uniforms. Meet schoolteacher Florence Richmond, legislator Lucy Rawlings Tootel, Civil War veteran David Kenyon, historian Eleanor Smith, and clothier Chet Sherman. Explore the villages of Carolina, Usquepaugh, Tug Hollow, Arcadia, Hillsdale, Wyoming, Alton, Woodville, and Wood River Junction. These people and places make Richmond a rural treasure.
Lillibridge Houses
Author: james hallPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329212967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Thomas Lillibridge, the first, moved to Rhode Island in the 1690's. All Lillibridge's in America are thought to be descended from him. In 1715 he moved to what is now called Richmond Connecticut. The dwelling houses he lived in and his descendants after are chronicled. Thomas and other Lillibridge's are buried in the Lillibridge Cemetery on his property. Lillibridges continued to live on this land until the death of Janetta Lillibridge Brown in 1940. Their history gives insight into americas history. The Reverend David Lillibridge, Thomas the first's grandson, ""was almost gigantic in frame, and strong mentally and morally as well as physically."" Joel Eno. He served in the army during the French and Indian War at age 15 years. Later he moved to Willington, CT where he built a church and was its only Pastor for 55 years. His home is still standing and a National Historic site. David and his descendants history are told along with the history of the Reverend David Lillibridge house.
Kingston
Author: Betty J. CotterPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738563640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Perhaps no village in Rhode Island can boast the history of Kingston, or "Little Rest" as it was called. Once a seat of government (its library was one of Rhode Island's five state houses), Kingston has been home to some of the state's most illustrious residents as well as the now sprawling University of Rhode Island. A center of intellectual life long before the university began, Kingston was characterized by social, civic, and dramatic clubs, academies for both men and women, taverns for the weary traveler, and an imposing church atop Kingston Hill whose influence was felt broadly in the village. More than 200 photographs take the reader back to nineteenth-century Kingston, where Stephen Knowles waits atop his carriage to take travelers to Kingston Station, hat maker Cyrus French regales the menfolk in Joe Reynolds's tavern with his expansive stories, and the villagers gather on a summer evening to listen to a musicale on the library's lawn. Within Kingston's pages, the reader can meet people like Solomon Fayerweather, the village blacksmith and church sexton with a unique wisdom about village doings; and Quaker Billy Rose, whose fine weaving work was sought by the likes of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. See the familiar, Colonial-style houses that still line Kingstown Road as well as others that have fallen victim to the wrecking ball. Photographs of nearby "Biscuit City" and West Kingston are also included. These photographs, mostly from the collection of the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, chronicle church, school, and business life in this picturesque village that has played such an important role in Rhode Island's history.
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