Add YOUR Family To This Page

History of Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

Journey back in time to Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

(Watch Hill) (Misquamicut)

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

     

• 1800 - Washington Bank Established
  In 1800, Washington Bank was established in Westerly with capital of $50,000.
  
  The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Volume 3
  Author Sir David...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1803 - 16 people aged 1,444 years
  There are now living, in the town of Westerly, in the state of Rhode Island, sixteen persons, the amount of whose ages is, 1,444 years. The oldest...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1819 - Westerly
  Westerly is a maritime post township, situated in the southwest corner of the State, 36 miles southwest from Providence, and 35 west by south from...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Westerly
  Westerly, a thriving post-village of Washington co., Rhode Island, on the Pawcatuck river, the boundary between Rhode Island and Connecticut, and on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1858 - A man in Westerly, Rhode Island, recently married a girl thirteen years of age, and committed suicide by hanging himself in a few days afterwards.
  
  genealogybank.com
  Plain Dealer
  Ohio
  January 4, 1858
  
  
•  1881 - Bigger than stones in Egypt
  At the Westerly quarries, Rhode Island, a single stone 150 feet long, ten feet wide and eight feet thick, weighing more than 1,000 tons, has been...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Westerly
  Wes’terly, a post-village in Westerly township, Washington co., R.I., on the Pawcatuck River and the Stoning ton & Providence Railroad, 6 miles N.E....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  R. R. Station, Westerly, R.I.
  Postcard
  
•  1897 - Died at 108
  Mrs. Charlotte Leclair of Westerly, R. I., died yesterday morning at the age of 108 years and six months. She was born in La Prairie, a small town in ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - TURKEY FOR THE PRESIDENT - A Rhode Island Bird Picked Out for Thanksgiving at the White House
  PROVIDENCE, R. I. The Westerly turkey king has picked out the turkey which it is expected will grace President McKinley's table at the White House on ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  Bradford Depot
  Postcard
  
• 
  Noyes Beach and Weekapaug Inn., Westerly, R.I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Elm Street, Westerly, R.I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Casino at Wequetequock near Westerly, R.I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  Christ Church, 1905
  Postcard
  
• 
  Episcopal Church
  Postcard
  
• 
  High Street from Dixon House Square
  Postcard
  
• 1906
  Westerly, a post-village in Westerly township (town), Washington CO., R.I., on the Pawcatuck River and the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 44...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 
  Congregational Church, 1907
  Postcard
  
• 
  Street View showing Post Office and Library
  Postcard
  
• 
  St. Michael's Church, 1907
  Postcard
  
• 
  Church of the Immaculate Conception
  Postcard
  
• 
  Junction High & Broad Sts.
  Postcard
  
• 
  White Rock Mill, near Westerly, R.I., 1909
  Postcard
  
• 
  Library
  Postcard
  
• 
  A Scene on the Pawcatuck River
  Postcard
  
• 
  West Broad Street High School
  Postcard
  
• 
  Entrance to Wilcox Park
  Postcard
  
• 
  West Broad Street, Westerly, R. I.
  Postcard
  
• 
  West Broad Street
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Colonial Club, 1913
  Postcard
  
• 
  New Junior High School
  Postcard
  
• 
  The Wigwam, Misquamicut, R.I.
  Postcard
  
• 1932 - September 16 - 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
  
  historyorb.com
  
  
•  1944 - HURRICANE HITS NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. HIGH WINDS LASH JERSEY, LONG ISLAND.
  ...Westerly R. I. Hit.
  The Rhode Island shore felt the first blast of the Atlantic hurricane about 9 p.m. last night. Communications were...Read MORE...