Great Stories from Westerly's Past

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Great Stories from Westerly's Past

Entry/Object ID

2022.002

Description

Written by the Volunteer Archivist of the Westerly Historical Society, this book is comprised of stories about Westerly, RI between 1524 and 2018. Indexed and footnoted. The Various Names of Westerly's Past Giovanni da Verrazzano, La Dauphine, and the Discovery of Narragansett Bay The Three Histories of Misquamicut, 1632-Present Westerleigh: John Crandall and the Origins of Westerly's Name The Lewis-Card-Perr House: An 18th Century Home and a 21st Century Treasure The Train Kept A Rollin': Westerly, Railroads, and the Blues Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in Action: James Albert Barber and David Naylor Johnson's Civil War Valor Getting There: A Brief History of Steamboat and Trolley Travel Prompt, Private, Perfect: The Westerly Automatic Telephone Exchange A Park for the People: Wilcox Park's Enduring Legacy Musical Traditions of the Westerly Town Band and the Chorus of Westerly Granite: Westerly's Flagship Industry From Italy with Love: Italian Roots in Westerly The Pawcatuck River and the Colonial Border Conflict A Catastrophe: The Hurricane of 1938 The Great Turkey Day Games Ever Played Westerly's Lost Village of Stillmanville July 4, 1876: A Centennial Celebration Westerly's Holiday Traditions Throughout History The Start of a New Day, a New Century, and a New Mellennium: New Year's Day in 1900 and 2000 A Royal Host: The Solar Eclipse of 1925 The Week Westerly Stood Still: The Blizzard of 1978 All of Westerly Seems to be Awakened to the Situation: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1920 She Hath Done What She Could: Anna Thornton Williams and her Historic Vote Charles Perry, Ardent Abolitionist Excellence in Medicine: the Margaret Edward Anderson Hospital The Artist Who Survived the Titanic Henry M. Morris, Hero of the Hurricane of 1938 Horace Vose, Turkey King Continuing Faith: The History of Westerly's Jewish Community 125 years of Football at Westerly High School, 1893-2018 Don Panciera: Westerly's Own NFL Star Eddie Sawyer: Captain of the Whiz Kids Westerly's Boys of Summer in the 1950 Little League World Series Dave Stenhouse and Sons: A Baseball Story Bill Collins, Yankee Rogers and Wrestling in the Early 20th Century The Legend of Tarzan Brown Rhode Island's Strangest Laws The World is Better for His Life: The Story of George Herbert Utter The First Duty of Every Red-Blooded American: The Election of 1920 Charles E. Bailey: The Man Behind Westerly's 1920 Murder Trial Court Cases, Dynamite, and Liquor: The Story of the Tin Tub Saloon The Westerly Ambulance Corps: Assisting Those in Need Since 1917 The Westerly-Pawcatuck YMCA: Ninety Years and Counting The Many Lives of the Martin House The Westerly Business College: Practical Business Training Without Leaving Home An Equal Right and Privilege: The Roots of Education in Westerly Washington Trust: Two Centuries in this Community License to Do No Wrong: Newspapers in Wetserly, 1825-1919 A Bridge is a Sound Idea: The History of the Orient Point Bridge That Never Was Public Service and the People's Mission Social Event of the Season: Watch Hill in the 1890s Bliven's Opera House: A Premier Entertainment Venue A Tour of Downtown Westerly, 1962 The Night Stevie Came to Town

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Book Details

Author

Garceau, Zachary J.

Date Published

2021