| Rhode Island (Washington County), Block Island — Fresh Pond — Elevation 78 Ft. — 1661 |
| | Here original settlers lived in caves and shelters. Site of first church 1772 Pastors Oliver Dodge, Trustrum Dodge Nearby site of first school house, windmill, pound, precious spring. Indian burying hill — Map (db m17231) |
| Rhode Island (Washington County), Block Island — Mohegan Bluffs — Elevation 163 Ft. |
| | 1590 A war party of 40 Mohegan Indians was driven over these bluffs by Block Island Indians - The Manisseans. Along this shore many vessels were wrecked S. Ann Hope • S.S. Leyden Mars • Spartan John Davis • Munago S.S. Meteor • Lightburne Luckenbach • Sch. Pocahontas Palmetto • Jacob Winslow Nero • J.T. Martin Essex • Barge Texas Etc. — Map (db m17230) |
| Rhode Island (Washington County), West Kingston — The Great Swamp Fight — 19 December 1675 |
| | Attacked
within their fort upon this island
the Narragansett Indians
made their last stand
in King Philip's War
and were crushed by the united forces of
the Massachusetts Connecticut
and Plymouth Colonies
in the
“Great Swamp Fight”
Sunday 19 December 1675
This record was
placed by the Rhode Island Society
of Colonial Wars
1906
Note: A second marker, now missing, was placed on the opposite side of the obelisk on Nov. 3, 1916. It read:
In . . . — Map (db m22879) |
| Rhode Island (Washington County), West Kingston — The Great Swamp Fight |
| | Three Quarters of a mile to the Southward on an island in the Great Swamp the Narragansett Indians were decisively defeated by the United Forces of the Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Plymouth Colonies, Sunday, December 19, 1675. — Map (db m23047) |
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