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  History of West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Journey back in time to West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

(Arctic) (Natick) (Phenix) (Crompton)

Visit West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1834 - The Original Bradford Soap Works was built in 1834
  
  
  
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  Greetings from West Warwick, R. I.
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  St. John's Convent, West Warwick, R. I.
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  Car Barn, Clyde, R.I.
  postmarked 1908
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  French Parochial School, Arctic, R.I.
  postmarked 1910
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• 1913 - West Warwick is a New Town Now
  Warwick, R. I., Nov. 4 - Today's election added a new town to Rhode Island. The town of West Warwick, authorized to separate from the town of Warwick ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1919 - West Warwick Liquor Men Are Opposed to 2.75 Beer
  Prominent liquor dealers in West Warwick are strongly opposed to the movement of brewers throughout the country to secure the privilege of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Railroad Station, West Warwick, R.I.
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  L'Eglise St. Jean Baptiste, Arctic Centre, R.I.
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• 1922 - As early as 1922, town leaders recognized the need for a unified fire department.
  In that year, town council members passed an act authorizing the Warwick/ Coventry, Crompton, Riverpoint, and Phenix fire departments to be abolished...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Valley Farms Dairy bottle
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• 2003 - Nightclub fire in West Warwick, 100 die