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Woonsocket Falls Village Fire – 1829
January 7, 2021
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In 1829, Woonsocket Falls was a tiny village on the Blackstone River, and land south of the Blackstone was at that time part of Smithfield.
A news snippet from the Literary Cadet & R. I. Statesman
(Providence, R. I.)
November 3, 1827
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