This week in Island history
Compiled by Sue Maden Week of April 19
      The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, April 16, 1907 The local trap fishermen made their first good catch o...
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Jamestown purchase 350 years ago this week
      Plans are already underway for a weeklong summer celebration of the 350th anniversary of the purchase of Conanicut Island from the Narragansett Indians. This week, specifically April 17, was the actual anniversary of the signing of the purchase agreement between the Colonials and the Indians.
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