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Tobias Saunders (c. 1620 – 1695) was a Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly (1669, 1671, 1672, 1680, 1681, 1683, and 1690), [1] a Conservator of the Peace (1669, 1678, and 1695) [2] and a founding settler of Westerly, Rhode Island.
1877 panoramic map of Westerly with list of sights. Westerly, R.I. prior to English colonization was known as Misquamicut, home to the Narragansett people prior to 1637, before the English had build an outpost, and forced the Narragansett people out of the region by 1661, allowing for the permanent settlement on the coast line.
Westerly is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westerly in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 17,682 at the 2000 census.The CDP includes the majority of the town of Westerly's population, with only the rural eastern and coastal southern portions of towns excluded.
Maple, oak and beech trees, the remains of a 250-year-old mill, stone slab bridges and the last dam on the Pawcatuck River are seen in Westerly.
September 5, 1985 (Roughly bounded by Breen, Watch Hill, and E. Hill Rds., Block Island Sound, Little Narragansett Bay, and the Pawtucket River Westerly: Well-preserved Victorian seaside resort area
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has awarded $2.6 million in matching grants to protect 383 acres of public land in 11 communities. The funding comes from the 2022 Green ...
Rhode Island was the only New England colony without an established church. [28] Rhode Island had only four churches with regular services in 1650, out of the 109 places of worship with regular services in the New England Colonies (including those without resident clergy), [28] while there was a small Jewish enclave in Newport by 1658. [29]
The Westerly Memorial and Public Library is a non-profit public library located at 44 Broad Street in Westerly, RI. It is part of the Westerly Downtown Historic District and the Wilcox Park Historic District .