A History of Scituate, Rhode Island
Title | A History of Scituate, Rhode Island PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Sarkesian |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Scituate (R.I. : Town) |
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The History of Scituate, R.I.
Title | The History of Scituate, R.I. PDF eBook |
Author | Cyrus Walker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Scituate (R.I. : Town) |
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The History of Scituate, R.I.
Title | The History of Scituate, R.I. PDF eBook |
Author | Cyrus Walker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1976 |
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Scituate, Rhode Island
Title | Scituate, Rhode Island PDF eBook |
Author | Heritage Room Committee |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1998-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738564197 |
Scituate, Rhode Island, was first inhabited by the Nipmuc and Narragansett Indians. The first white settler, John Mathewson, came in 1694 and found a land of many ponds and streams. More emigrants came from Massachusetts in the early 1700s, and the town was incorporated in 1731. These hard-working settlers made their living from the land, coaxing apples, corn, and potatoes to grow from the hilly and rocky soil. Scituateas plentiful water resources brought manufacturing to the area in 1806, and 16 villages developed around the many mills that were established here. Scituateas abundant water supply also made it the chosen site for a reservoir to provide water for the growing needs of the city of Providence. By 1915, the City of Providence began to condemn by eminent domain over 25 square miles of Scituateas land area. Upon completion in 1926, the reservoir had flooded the villages and changed the way of life for the townspeople forever. The history of these so-called alost villagesa has not been shown in pictures before. Here, Heritage Room committee members Shirley D. Arnold, Eleanor R. Guy, and Ruth S. Rounds tell the story of the people who lost everything and how Scituate became what it is today.
Scituate, Rhode Island
Title | Scituate, Rhode Island PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Sarkesian |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Scituate (R.I. : Town) |
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An Historical Address, Delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island, July 4th, 1876
Title | An Historical Address, Delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island, July 4th, 1876 PDF eBook |
Author | Charles C. Beaman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 1877 |
Genre | Fourth of July orations |
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The Scituate Reservoir
Title | The Scituate Reservoir PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond A. Wolf |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738573809 |
In 1772, portions of Providence received water through a system of hollowed out logs. By 1869, seventeen years after Zachariah Allen campaigned for a public water supply, the public voted in favor of introducing water into the city from the Pawtuxet River in Cranston. By 1900, it was clear that more, purer water was needed. A public law was approved on April 21, 1915, creating the Providence Water Supply Board and granting the power to condemn 14,800 acres to create the Situate Reservoir. Today the reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Rhode Island, supplying over 40 billion gallons of water to residents.