Also, don’t miss Jamestown Arts Center: Screening of Robert Flaherty Look Again on the Jamestown Patch calendar
Also check out Sheep Shearing Day on the Jamestown Patch calendar
Also, don’t miss Sheep Shearing Day on the Jamestown Patch calendar
Happening soon: Climate Future Film Fest on the Jamestown Patch calendar
You won’t want to miss Climate Future Film Fest on the Jamestown Patch calendar
Spotted on the Jamestown calendar: Newport Comedy Series presents Nick Griffin
East Bay Community Action Program’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program has appointments available in Bristol and East Providence
Back in 1849, there was a New York City baseball team called the Knickerbockers. During their games, they wore straw caps to protect the ...
This lighthouse is located in the West Passage just north of the Jamestown Bridge. It was completed in 1899 and served to warn vessels a ...
The JHS library exhibit for February displays some of the smaller signs and plaques from the Jamestown Historical Society's collection o ...
The Jamestown Historical Society has a remarkable collection of signs that served wildly different purposes
In the JHS Collection are examples, spanning almost 200 years, of Jamestowners' interest in collecting and sharing their favorite recipe ...
During the holiday season in the 21st century Christians of many faiths celebrate the birthday of Jesus with Christmas parties and prese ...
Ground was broken September 26. 1985, and construction began. Estimated time to complete – three years.
A worn document titled “Thanksgiving at the Homestead” chronicles the holiday at the Carr Homestead in the late 1800s.
Our Fall 2021 Newsletter is now available for download. Don't miss the committee reports of all the things that we've been working on wh ...
The JHS library exhibit for November displays a collection of boxes designed for many different uses. A tiny round ceramic snuff box u ...
In May of 1776, the Americans hastily built an earthwork battery in a large field on the west side of the Beavertail peninsula on Conani ...
Abel Franklin gravestone carved by William Stevens, of Newport, RI. c. 1758
Over the years, Jamestown has had three golf courses: the Conanicut Golf Club (1895-1904), Jamestown Golf and Country Club (1902-present ...
Golf became popular in the United States in the late 1880s and Jamestown's summer residents were among the earliest enthusiasts. In 1893 ...
The September exhibit in the JHS library display case features Jamestown's many resort hotels and the room keys they used. The earlies ...
Because of restraints of the COVID pandemic, this year's members fundraiser was a combination of a cocktail party held on August 26 at t ...
Behind the circulation desk of the Jamestown Philomenian Library are two square rigged ship half models. The half hull models are on loa ...
The August exhibit in the JHS library display case features early gifts to the Jamestown Historical Society's collection and the people ...
The July exhibit in the JHS library display case features commemorative plates from the society's collection. Two quite different pla ...
Hunt's Drug Store stood at the corner of Conanicus and Narragansett avenues where the East Ferry Deli is now. It was owned by Thomas E. ...
The Rhode Island Department of Health made the recommendation Thursday.
In the years following World War II, marching bands were much in demand. Drum and bugle corps competed against each other, and rivalry w ...
Speech Delivered at the Dedication of the Slave History Medallion at East Ferry, Jamestown, RI, May 22, 2021
Our Spring 2021 Newsletter is now available for download. Don't miss the committee reports of all the things that we've been working on ...
The government says the U.S. Coast Guard no longer needs four of the nation's most picturesque lighthouses — two in Rhode Island.
April is the month when, under Rhode Island state law, all dogs over three months of age must be registered. This April the JHS mounted ...
In the mid-19th century, the population of Jamestown was declining. The 1870 census counted only 378 people living here. Those remaining ...
The Jamestown Historical Society monitors eBay and other auction websites for objects pertaining to Jamestown. Over the last six years, ...
Francis X. West was an artist and painting contractor who worked from his Red Elephant Studio on Cole Street. In the JHS Collection is h ...
The African-American and Native American community in Jamestown burgeoned during slavery, but it declined precipitously after the Revolu ...