Glimpses of History

Recent Historical Posts

• Providence, Norwich, & Worcester Railroad -1841
• Greenville Cyclone – 1895
• Welcome Aldrich Mill Water Rights – 1849
• Georgiaville Pond Drowning – 1908
• North Smithfield Trolley Accident – 1906
• New Georgiaville Stagecoach Route – 1895
• The Hamlet Fire Engine Company – 1838
• Esmond Mill Strike – 1933
• The Disappearance of Elmer Kettelle – 1916
• Murder – Suicide, Georgiaville, R. I. – 1884
• Spragueville Mill Fire – 1895
• Spragueville Mill Fire – 1902
• Bernon Mills Lawsuit – 1903
• St. Onge Store Burglary, Georgiaville, R. I., 1907
• Dr. John Fletcher, Smithfield, R. I. – 1823
• The Juni Smith Manslaughter Case – 1856
• East Smithfield Water District Incorporation – 1934
• A History of the Smithfield, Rhode Island, Police Department
• Bryant College Tuition Rate Documents From 1979 to 1981
• Omaha Beach WWII Memorials of Smithfield, R. I., Residents
• 19th Century Providence And Worcester Railroad Articles
• Friends District Sabbath School – 1868
• New England Pacific Bank
• Greenville Manufacturing Co. Sheriff’s Sale – 1858
• Smithfield, R. I., First Fire Engine
• Smithfield, R. I., Property For Sale – 1833
• Union Worsted Company Fire – 1866
• Smithfield, R. I., Civil War Military Company – 1861
• Olney Arnold Farm For Sale – 1829
• Tyler Mowry Death Investigation – 1860
• Smithfield, R. I., Town Officers – 1853
• Smithfield, R. I., Chief Of Police Ad – 2024
• 50 Years Ago – March, 1974
• Smithfield, R. I., Airport Advertisement
• Jencks Smith, Jr., Smithfield, R. I., Town Sergeant
• James Demarsh Drowning – 1901
• Richard Waterhouse, Smithfield, R. I., Obituary, July 14, 1910
• Who’s Donder and Blixem?
• Smithfield, R. I., Advertisements – 1973
• Stone Walls – The Bones Of New England