Jamestown Rhode Island
Conanicut
Island, because of its location at the mouth of Narragansett
Bay, has been considered strategically important since the
first white colonists settled in Rhode Island. John Winthrop,
governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, wrote to Roger Williams
asking that the island be settled and fortified to deter any
attack through the "back door of Boston". In 1656,
Benedict Arnold, William Coddigan, and several others from
Newport purchased the island, whose name commemorates the
Sachem Canonicus, of the Narragansett Indians.
Jamestown
was incorporated on November 4, 1678, and was renamed in honor
of Pronce James, later James II. Because it is an island, it has
never been developed as a commercial area or port, but rather as
a quiet residential town.The new Newport Bridge, completed in
1969, gave Jamestown access to both sides of Narragansett Bay.
In 1940, the Jamestown Verrazano Bridge was completed connecting
Jamestown with the mainland.
The
island is 9.5 square miles with a good highway system following
most of its shoreline. The south end of Beaver Tail Light is a
high rocky coast projecting into the Atlantic Ocean, where some
of the best surfcast fishing in the world can be found.
Narragansett Bay surrounds the northern end of the island.
Historically,
Jamestown is in the middle of the Bicentennial picture. You may
walk Narragansett Avenue where the British marched in 1775 while
burning the town; Indian and colonial artifacts from
pre-historic and early settlements are displayed in the Sydney
L. Wright Museum; and Memorabilia from the 300 year old
Jamestown Ferry System can be seen in the Jamestown Museum.
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