This week in Island history
Week of January 17
Compiled by Sue Maden
      The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, January 14, 1908 There was a large attendance of out-of-town farmers at S. A. Pierce's auction of ...
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Jamestown Historical Society News
By Rosemary Enright
      A museum-quality vault for the storage and protection of our papers, photographs, and archival material has been a dream of the historical society and one of the major goals of our ongoing Capital Campaign.
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