Quahog.org: The definitive Rhode Island road trip

Welcome to Quahog.org, the definitive Rhode Island road trip This site is a guide, with a strong emphasis on history, to travel within the Ocean State. The inspiration for this guide stems from the idea that people always seem to go elsewhere for their vacations and seldom bother to see what's in their own back yards. We call this tendency Statue of Liberty Syndrome. Continued… Related: Quahog.org in the news • Staff • Submissions		Events Calendar RSS iCal Huh? August 20 Beginning Genealogy, North Kingstown Meet the Author: Virginia Leaper, Peace Dale, South Kingstown North Garden Soiree II, Bristol August 21 Gallery Night Providence, Providence 14th Annual Wine Tasting by the Sea, Misquamicut, Westerly August 22 Providence Roller Derby: Mai Tais and Thigh Highs, Providence Poor Man's Surf and Turf Cruise, Newport CES Boxing Presents August Annihilation, Lincoln August 23 Savor Providence: A Benefit for Trinity Rep, Providence Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Walk, Providence More events Incarceration Countdown Richard Hatch 412 days August 20th in Rhode Island history 1637 The first compact for a purely civil government is made at Providence. 1640 The first free public school in America is established in Newport. 1785 Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero in the War of 1812, is born in South Kingston. He said, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours." 1890 Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft is born in Providence. 1968 Providence voters, by a vote of 8,439 to 6,565, decide in a special referendum to abandon an elected school committee system in favor of one appointed by the mayor with City Council approval.
Facts and folklore Myths and legends of Smith's Castle by Christine Kalina What phantoms linger within these old walls? White Horse Tavern Ghost Stories as told by Anita Rafael More than one kind of spirit at one of America's oldest taverns. A Second Shot at a Second Life for the Lemoyne Diner by Christopher Martin A Pennsylvania diner comes to Rhode Island. Quahog.org Guide to Rhode Island Language Stuff Whatchoo lookin' at? More Facts & Folklore Cuisine Gray's Ice Cream, Bristol Mmmm... ginger cabinets! Del's, Cumberland "Stop at the sign of the lemon," "It's refreshingly different!" Lickety Splits Ice Cream and Sweet Shoppe, Wyoming, Richmond Sounds rude, tastes great! Del's, Middletown "Stop at the sign of the lemon," "It's refreshingly different!" Crescent Park Chowda House, Riverside, East Providence Fried food + centrifugal force = ? George's of Galilee, Galilee, Narragansett "Award-winning stuffies!" More Cuisine	William Blackstone Memorial Park, Cumberland Has anyone seen a box of bones around? Attractions Hollywood Walk of Fame, Pawtucket Put your hands in the hands of the stars. Grave of Nicholas Colasanto, Cranston On permanent hiatus. Swan Point Cemetery, Providence The aesthetics of death. Nibbles Woodaway, Providence Rhode Island's favorite wood-boring pest. Roger Williams's Landing Place Monument, Providence If we hadn't blown it up and sold it for souvenirs, this would be our Plymouth Rock. More Attractions

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