WE ARE IN LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT OUR EARLY COLONIAL HISTORY IS THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE NOT PART OF RHODE ISLAND. WE WERE THE WESTERN BORDER OF ...

The purchase protected forested wetlands that absorb stormwater and protect groundwater. The property east of Wilbur Hill ...

but was eventually banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a whole for his religious beliefs. Feeling old? 5 of the oldest places in Rhode Island you can still see today Originally fleeing from ...

After Puritan leader Roger Williams established Providence Plantations in 1636, European settlers consolidated their neighboring communities under the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence ...

Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

John Tefft owned the land in the mid-1800s, according to old maps. Continuing ... that great blue heron colonies are fairly common and are increasing in Rhode Island and Massachusetts near coastal ...