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Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, March 2022: Baseball Caps

Back in 1849, there was a New York City baseball team called the Knickerbockers. During their games, they wore straw caps to protect the ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Plum Beach Lighthouse

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 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, February 2022: Signs And Plaques

The JHS library exhibit for February displays some of the smaller signs and plaques from the Jamestown Historical Society's collection o ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Signs

The Jamestown Historical Society has a remarkable collection of signs that served wildly different purposes

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Cookbooks

In the JHS Collection are examples, spanning almost 200 years, of Jamestowners' interest in collecting and sharing their favorite recipe ...

Jamestown Historical Society: The Jamestown Holiday Season Over The Years

During the holiday season in the 21st century Christians of many faiths celebrate the birthday of Jesus with Christmas parties and prese ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge

Ground was broken September 26. 1985, and construction began. Estimated time to complete – three years.

Jamestown Historical Society: Jamestown Inherited Two Thanksgiving Traditions

A worn document titled “Thanksgiving at the Homestead” chronicles the holiday at the Carr Homestead in the late 1800s.

Jamestown Historical Society: 2021 Fall Newsletter

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 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, October 2021: Boxes And What They Hold

The JHS library exhibit for November displays a collection of boxes designed for many different uses. A tiny round ceramic snuff box u ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Conanicut Battery

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 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Stories In Stone – Cedar Cemetery Tour

Abel Franklin gravestone carved by William Stevens, of Newport, RI. c. 1758

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, October 2021 Jamestown Golf Courses

Over the years, Jamestown has had three golf courses: the Conanicut Golf Club (1895-1904), Jamestown Golf and Country Club (1902-present ...

Jamestown Historical Society: The Conanicut Golf Club

Golf became popular in the United States in the late 1880s and Jamestown's summer residents were among the earliest enthusiasts. In 1893 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, September 2021: Hotel Room Keys

The September exhibit in the JHS library display case features Jamestown's many resort hotels and the room keys they used. The earlies ...

Jamestown Historical Society: 2021 Members Only Preview Party – And Farm Tour

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 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Ships Half Hull Models

Behind the circulation desk of the Jamestown Philomenian Library are two square rigged ship half models. The half hull models are on loa ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, Aug 2021 From The JHS Collection 1912-1925

The August exhibit in the JHS library display case features early gifts to the Jamestown Historical Society's collection and the people ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, July 2021 Commemorative Plates

The July exhibit in the JHS library display case features commemorative plates from the society's collection. Two quite different pla ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Pill Box From Hunt's Drug Store

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. ...

Mackerel Cove Beach In Jamestown Closed For High Bacteria Levels

​The Rhode Island Department of Health made the recommendation Thursday.

Jamestown Historical Society: Jamestown Girls Drum And Bugle Corps

In the years following World War II, marching bands were much in demand. Drum and bugle corps competed against each other, and rivalry w ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Jamestown Slave History By Peter Fay

Speech Delivered at the Dedication of the Slave History Medallion at East Ferry, Jamestown, RI, May 22, 2021

Jamestown Historical Society: 2021 Spring Newsletter

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 ...

Free RI Offices With A View: Lighthouses, Courtesy Of Feds

The government says the U.S. Coast Guard no longer needs four of the nation's most picturesque lighthouses — two in Rhode Island.

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, April 2021 Jamestown Dogs

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 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: The Bryer Plat

In the mid-19th century, the population of Jamestown was declining. The 1870 census counted only 378 people living here. Those remaining ...

Jamestown Historical Society: The Bryer Plat

In the mid-19th century, the population of Jamestown was declining. The 1870 census counted only 378 people living here. Those remaining ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Library Exhibit, March 2021: EBay Acquisitions: 2015-2021

The Jamestown Historical Society monitors eBay and other auction websites for objects pertaining to Jamestown. Over the last six years, ...

Jamestown Historical Society: From The Collection – Francis X. West, Jamestown Painter

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 ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Jamestown Blacks Had Long History Of Going Out To Sea By Peter Fay

The African-American and Native American community in Jamestown burgeoned during slavery, but it declined precipitously after the Revolu ...

Jamestown Historical Society: Jamestown Blacks Had Long History Of Going Out To Sea

The African-American and Native American community in Jamestown burgeoned during slavery, but it declined precipitously after the Revolu ...