The Warren Land Conservation Trust recently acquired approximately thirty acres land on the eastern shore of the Palmer River that will be permanently in conservation for all to enjoy. The land has been undeveloped over the past 365 years since the Town of Warren was acquired from the Massasoit Osamequin of the Pokanoket Tribe who […]
Steering Committee members representing Bristol, East Providence, Providence and Warren met at the Barrington Public Library on October 30,2018 to summarize progress to-date on the Sowams Heritage Area Project. Project Coordinator Dave Weed began with a review of the October 9th Project Launch and summarized activity since that time to distribute over 2,000 brochures throughout […]
Historical Society President Carl Becker welcomed members of the Swansea Historical Society on October 23, 2018 and introduced Dr. David Weed with whom he has worked on identifying 17th century historical sites in Swansea. Dr. Weed’s presentation included photos of the Old Eddy Burial Ground in the center of Swansea which contains graves of Eddy family members who were buried […]
Speakers from the Sowams Heritage Area Project were invited by the East Providence Historical Society to offer a three-part presentation at Tockwotton on the Waterfront on October 22, 2018. After Historical Society Co-chair Nancy Moore introduced the program speakers to the audience in the Tockwotton theatre, Dave Weed began the program by talking about some of […]
Providence College Professor Keith Morton and God, War and Providence author James Warren led a small group invited to join a walk to Margaret’s Cave where Roger Williams is said to have been sheltered in the winter of 1636. This is the second walk this year organized to view the location that is on private property. Both Keith and James talked […]
Dr. Tadayuki Hara, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies gave a presentation on Tourism Satellite Accounting at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center in Pawtucket, RI, on October 11, 2018. Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator David Weed attended the presentation in order to learn how best to develop tourism in the Sowams […]
Sowams Heritage Area Coordinator Dave Weed has taken a display to some of the farmers’ markets in the area to market the project to the public. He has appeared at the Weaver Library market in East Providence, the Mount Hope Farm market in Bristol, and at the Schoolyard Market at Hope and Main in Warren. “The […]
Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator Dave Weed met with Laura McNamara, Executive Director of the East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce today to explore ways that they can support the Sowams Heritage Area Project. Laura provided the names of several people local historians who couls be helpful in telling the Sowams story, including that of […]
The Sowams Heritage Area was one of three featured subjects at the annual Watchemoket Square Day event at Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence on September 30, 2018. Project Coordinator Dr. David Weed presented a brief overview of the Sowams Heritage Area with a focus on the development of India Point in Providence and Bold […]
The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society held a two-hour drop-in event on the 17th century at the Society headquarters at 48 Court Street in Bristol on September 29, 2018. Former Bristol resident Harold Crowley drove down from Quincy to attend the drop-in and learn some of the American Aboriginal history around the Bristol Narrows where he […]