Canonchet is a small village in the town of Hopkinton in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The hamlet developed as a mill village in the nineteenth century...
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and burned several towns in Rhode Island, including Providence. Roger Williams had known both Metacom (Philip) and Canonchet since they were children. He...
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William Sprague IV (redirect from William Sprague (Rhode Island, 1830-1915))
IV (September 12, 1830 – September 11, 1915) was the 27th Governor of Rhode Island from 1860 to 1863, and U.S. Senator from 1863 to 1875. He participated...
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Hopkinton is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island. The population was 8,398 at the 2020 census. Hopkinton is named after Stephen Hopkins, a signer...
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Roger Williams (redirect from Roger Williams (Rhode Island))
Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious...
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 1635 – Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 1636 – Providence...
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Canonicus, sold Samuel Gorton and others the land to establish Warwick, Rhode Island Canonchet, son of Miantonomo, led Narragansets during the Great Swamp Fight...
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county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,839. Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions...
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Miantonomoh (category Native American people from Rhode Island)
brother of Uncas. His younger brother Pessicus and Miantonomoh's son Canonchet were Narragansett sachems. A daughter or granddaughter, Minnetinka, was...
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Narragansett people (redirect from Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island)
The Narragansett people are an Algonquian American Indian tribe from Rhode Island. Today, Narragansett people are enrolled in the federally recognized...
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Wampanoag (redirect from Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts and Rhode Island)
Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Today, two...
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launched 10 July 1973. Canonchet was named for Canonchet (d. 1676) a sachem of the Narragansett Tribe in Rhode Island. Canonchet was delivered to the navy...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts...
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Great Swamp Fight (category Battles in Rhode Island)
fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The combined force of the New England militia...
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South County Museum (category Buildings and structures in Narragansett, Rhode Island)
current location on Canonchet Farm in Narragansett, which was previously owned by Col. William Sprague, a former governor of Rhode Island. The South County...
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Connecticut/Rhode Island boundary; it enters Yawgoog Scout Reservation in Rhode Island and later ends at Ashville Pond in the village of Canonchet in Hopkinton...
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William Blaxton (category People from colonial Rhode Island)
settler in New England and the first European settler of Boston and Rhode Island. William Blaxton was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England.[better source needed]...
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Nine Men's Misery (category Archaeological sites in Rhode Island)
Nine Men's Misery is a site in current day Cumberland, Rhode Island, where nine colonists were tortured by Narragansett warriors during King Philip's War...
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Richard Vangermeersch (category University of Rhode Island alumni)
professor hasn't done it by the numbers, University of Rhode Island, 2004. Vangermeersch releases literary readings on Canonchet, Narragansetts, 2010....
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William C. O'Neill Bike Path (category Rail trails in Rhode Island)
Retrieved 2016-08-17. Rhode Island Department of Transportation (January 6, 2016). "Completion of the South County Bike Path via Canonchet Farm, Narragansett...
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King Philip's War (category Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
over by Narragansett sachem Canonchet. They pushed back the borders of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Rhode Island colonies, burning towns as they...
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Albert Gorton Greene (category Rhode Island lawyers)
Providence, Rhode Island on February 10, 1802. Graduating from Brown University in 1820, Greene was admitted to the bar of Rhode Island in 1823. In 1832...
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Harman Garrett (category Native American people from Rhode Island)
Pequots slightly east of the Pawcatuck River in what is now Westerly, Rhode Island. His chosen English name (taken by at least 1654) was very similar to...
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Wood River (Pawcatuck River tributary) (redirect from Wood River (Rhode Island))
Baker Brook Brushy Brook Diamond Brook Canonchet Brook List of rivers in Connecticut List of rivers in Rhode Island Maps from the United States Geological...
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battlefield commander and has been credited as one of the executioners of Canonchet. Later, he was the lead petitioner in a legal case that tested whether...
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Weetamoo (category People from colonial Rhode Island)
female sachem, of Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620. The Pocasset, which she led, was one of groups of the Wampanoag...
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Quinnapin (category Native American people from Rhode Island)
During the Great Swamp Fight in 1675 Quanopen fought with his cousin Canonchet and later attacked William Carpenter's home at Pawtuxet, and fought at...
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included all of what is now Seekonk, Massachusetts, and East Providence, Rhode Island, as well as parts of the nearby communities of Attleboro, North Attleborough...
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Upper Rockville Mill (category Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island)
Upper Rockville Mill is a historic mill complex at 332 Canonchet Road in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. The complex occupies about 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) of land...
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This is a list of Registered Historic Places in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings...
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