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Welcome to Quahog.org, the definitive Rhode Island road trip This site is a guide to the Ocean State’s history, culture, and quirks. Here you will find articles on much of what makes Rhode Island Rhode Island. Continued… Related: Quahog.org in the news • Staff • Submissions		Events Calendar RSS iCal Huh? May 23 Steve Kass: The Roast!, Providence Premier of 'Vanishing Orchards', Newport May 24 Memorial Day Wreath Laying, Portsmouth Open House on the Grass Courts, Newport May 24-25 Providence Ghost Tour, Providence May 25 Behind the Scenes Tour of Blithewold, Bristol RiverWalk: Before the Fires are Lit, Providence WaterFire, Providence Wake Up in the Barnyard, Bristol From Golden to Gilded History Walking Tour, Newport More events May 23rd in Rhode Island history 1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Civil War general and governor (1866-1869) of Rhode Island is born in Liberty, Indiana. It is from his bushy side-whiskers that we get the word "sideburns" 1977 One year after his last visit, Elvis Presley returns to the Providence Civic Center for a third sold-out show. 1979 At 1:30am Frosty, the Slater Park Zoo's popular 800-pound polar bear, is shot and killed by Pawtucket police after vandals, using bolt cutters, release him from his compound.
Facts and folklore Rhode Island Folklore by Michael Bell The Devil's footprints, shift marriages, May breakfasts, and more! Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Lillie Chace Wyman by Elizabeth C. Stevens Unstoppable mother and daughter activists. Mass Transit in Rhode Island by D. Scott Molloy The early turnpikes from Indian trails to tollgates. Wine Tasting in Rhode Island by Cynthia Parzych and John Turner When coffee milk isn't enough. More Facts & Folklore Cuisine Black Pearl, Newport Chowder walkabout! JP Spoonem's, Cranston Maple-flavored Johnnycakes! Mr. Doughboy, Glendale, Burrillville "Home of the bottomless cup of coffee!" Newport Creamery, Warwick "Awful Big, Awful Good!" "Drink three, get one free!" Crugnale Bakery and Pizza, Providence "Quality baked bread since 1917." And pizza strips! Seaview Cafe, Matunuck, South Kingstown Beach weiners! More Cuisine	Evelyn's Nanaquaket Drive-In, Tiverton "If you're in a hurry, you're in the wrong place!" Attractions Grave of H.P. Lovecraft, Providence The cosmic worms go in, the cosmic worms go out. The Arcade, Providence The nation's oldest indoor shopping mall. Former Condom Hut, Knightsville, Cranston Drive-thru population control. Jackson-Carter Memorial, South Kingstown Cain, meet Abel. Newport Butterfly Zoo, Tiverton Butterflies aren't free. More Attractions

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