Mower County transcript., 1903-07-01
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PROVIDENCE, r. T., June IS, 1903.
Today has been delightfully."- spent: at
Newport, the fashionable summer re-.
sort Of the Atlantic coast. TITS situat-
ed on an island in Narragansett Bay,
called Rhode Island, the main land be-
ing originally known as Providence
Plantations $50 that the full official
name of the state to this day has been
The State of Rhode Island and Proyi-
dence Plantations, given at the time the
two separate colonies were united by the
terms of royal charter. Until recently
the state has always had two capitals,
the Legislature holding one session at
Newport and one in Providence. Provid-
ence now has an elegant new capitol Of
marble exterior and is the exclusive
capital. se Is,.5g s.s b:
Newport is. reached from this city by
steamer down Narragansett Bay or by
trolley through Fall River. We took
the former down, returning by the lat
ter. ;s
The morning sail down the bay for
two hours is most delightful. Both
shores are lined with summer resorts
public and private. The upper part OF
the bay is used for immense oyster
beds where some of the best oysters in
the world are grown. The bay is
charmingly irregular, with beautiful
inlets and coves, uneven shores and
smooth waters. On the east side loom
up as we pass Squantum, Crescent
Park, Riverside and other public sum.
mer resorts where on pleasant summer
days thousands come to enjoy the
famous Rhode Island clam bakes and
enjoy the sea breeze and the salt water.
The whole east shore for miles is a
succession of high bluffs alternating
with coves, headlands and rocky is
lands, occupied throughout BY summer
cottages, boarding houses and hotels in
advantageous locations. On the other
side comes Fields Point where we en-
ioyed clamydinner Of which we may
write more in detail. Below the point
is the ancient city of Pawtuxet a great
summer resort, Pawtuxet Neck con-
tanning many elegant summer resi-
dences. A short distance further on is
Gaspee Point where on the night OF
June 10, l772, the British armed cruiser
was captured and burned by party OF
Providence and Bristol men in dis
guise who rowed to her in boats with
muffled oars as she lay hard ground or
the point. ...
Farther down comes Rocky Point
and other popular summer resorts ant
along the Warwick shore is ''the shore
known to a large part of the farming
population of the interior. One of th'
most notable events in the life Of man!
a Rhode Island farmer boy and gir
was the annual excursion to the shOrl
by wagon where we spent a day in dig
ging CLANS and bathing and enjoying
on the spot the clam -bakes, chowders
and fish fries that nowhere else can b.
had in such perfection. Visions of m,
own boyhood visits to Green's Islant
and other points along the Warwick
shore come back as vividly and pleas
antly as if they were enjoyed only last
year. 1t was a trip when the who'll
family went and put in long and no
table day. This was the prize to be
reached after haying was done.
All the way down Narragansett Bay
one finds on both sides this continuOu
shifting of scenery along the shore, vii
lagos and towns, summer cottages an,
hotels, stretches Of comparatively un
occupied shore, intermingling in on
successive panorama. On the eas
shore, Darlington, Warren, Bristo
Fall River, and Newport, on the west
Greenwich, Wexford, Narraganset
Pier down to the stormy Point Judit
at the entrance to the sound. Add t
all this the beautiful islands in the bay
Conanicut, the second largest, with il
southern point, Beaver Tail, midwal,,
- between Newport and Narraganset
Pier, Prudence Island, once owned b
Roger Williams, who1Was the first mar
to till the soil, Patience and Hope AMI
many smaller ones all adding to the at
tractiveness of the steamer trip. 5#I.
Newport, the city by the sea, has
u fame as the summer resort Of fashiol
and wealth which is world wide. Her
+ are magnificent palaces occupied du1
ing the summer by the Vanderbilts
Astors, Belmonts, 6 oelets, Hayemeyers
VanAllens, and 4 all host. Of other
prominent for their wealth and ex
nv ctl.