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3 unusual facts about Narragansett


Hazard family

Dorothy Hazard remarried at Narragansett, Rhode Island and with second husband, Stephen Foster Hunt, had a daughter, Deborah Hunt.

Paulla Dove Jennings

Paulla Dove Jennings is a member of the Narragansett tribe and a professional story teller, educator and children’s book author.

The Narragansett Dawn

The Narragansett Dawn was a monthly newspaper that discussed the history, culture and language of the Narragansett tribe.


1838 in sports

In the U.S. six men of Providence, Rhode Island establish the Narragansett Boat Club on the tidal Seekonk River.

August Belmont

The statue was loaned by the city of Newport to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1985 and was eventually installed about 1995 in front of the headquarters building for the Preservation Society of Newport County at the corner of Bellevue and Narragansett avenues in Newport.

Bay State

Massachusetts, nickname "Bay State," a U.S. state with shores on Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay and Narragansett Bay

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Providence Plantation was an American colony of English settlers founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a theologian, independent preacher, and linguist on land gifted by the Narragansett sachem, Canonicus.

Edward Chalmers Leavitt

At one time, Leavitt's still lifes decorated Boston's esteemed Parker House hotel as well as the Narragansett Hotel in Providence.

John Christian Hopkins

John Christian Hopkins (born 1960) is a Narragansett journalist, author, poet and public speaker who resides in Tuba City, Arizona, United States.

Narragansett Brewing Company

Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, a Rhode Island industrialist and philanthropist with Massachusetts brewing interests, would eventually become president and chairman of Narragansett Brewing Company and remain involved until his death in 1954.

Narragansett Pacer

In 1768, George Washington owned and raced a Narragansett Pacer, while in 1772, Edmund Burke asked an American friend for a pair.

Narragansett Trail

The Narragansett were a tribe of Algonquian speaking people who occupied the area which is now western Rhode Island including the coast and islands in Narragansett Bay during the early colonial period.

Narragansett Turkey

According to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, the Narragansett Turkey is a "historic variety, unique to North America" and is named for Narragansett Bay.

Samuel Gorton

In 1675 Gorton had received word that the Indians living in the Connecticut Colony intended to invade the Narragansett country.

South County Newspapers

The South County paper covers South Kingstown (including the villages of Kingston, Peace Dale and Wakefield), Narragansett and Charlestown, Rhode Island.


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