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What is the history of Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA ?

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(Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn)

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

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  Garrison House
  Great Road, Built 1687
  Lincoln, R.I.
  
•  1881 - Crushed by Train
  Wednesday night, at Albion, R. I., Geo. Gordon, a brakeman on the Worcester freight train, fell and four cars passed over his body. He leaves a wife...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Manville Depot, 1896
  
•  1898 - Rhode Island Mills Will Cut. Wages Already Too Small Properly to Support the Families.
  The directors of the Valley Falls company at Albion, R. I., and the Albion company at Valley Falls, the two remaining companies in the Blackstone...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Jencks Colonial Mansion, Lincoln, R.I. (Model taken for State Bldg at World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.) (1907)
  
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  Butterfly Factory, Lincoln, R.I. (1910)
  
• 1916
  Lincoln, a township (town) of Providence co., R.I. Pop. in 1900, 8937.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
  
•  1921 - Two Could Play That Game.
  A hundred years ago a wealthy bachelor, named Paige, who lived near Albion, R. I., gave a party; one of the young ladies left a glove. Mr. Paige...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1930 - ALBION, R. I. - Edward W. Theinert, 71, Socialist gubernatorial candidate in 1896, 1911, 1914, and 1924, dies.
  
  Fitchburg Sentinel
  Fitchburg, Massachusetts
  September 9, 1930
  
  
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  Albion Depot, 1930
  
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  Eleazer Arnold House
  
•  1947 - Berkshire Spinning Concern Builds For 204 Families
  ALBION, R.I. (AP) - Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, Inc. to-day started a program to revive the old New England mill village in modern form when...Read MORE...