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

People, Pictures, Old Postcards and Stories From the Past

• 1819 - Tiverton
  Tiverton is a post town, the most extensive in the county, situated in the southeastern section of the State, 24 miles southeast of Providence, and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1833 - Horrid Outrage and Murder
  Some time, in December last, a young female named Sarah M. Cornell, was found dead, hanging by the neck by means of a small cord fastened to a stake...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1834 - Tiverton vs. Fall River
  The inhabitants of Fall River, Mass. and Tiverton, R. I. it appears are in a bit of a quarrel. A portion of the line between Massachusetts and Rhode...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1835 - Tiverton vs. Fall River
  A new survey of the line between the town of Fall River, in this State, and Tiverton, in Rhode Island, places the boundary line much further south...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1838 - Another Factory Burnt
  The main building of the Tiverton Print Works, at Tiverton, (R. I.) was consumed by fire on the night of the 4th inst., with part of its contents....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1844 - Supposed Murder
  Gideon Manchester, of Tiverton, R. I., has been committed to take his trial for the murder of his wife, she having unaccountably disappeared in the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Tiverton
  Tiverton, a manufacturing post-villsge in Newport co., Rhode Island, near Narraganset bay, 18 miles S. E. by S. from Providence, contains a bank....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1862 - Brothers Drown
  Two young men, brothers, by the name of Wilcox, belonging in Tiverton, while crossing the river in a leaky old boat, from Rhode Island to Tiverton,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1882 - Many Fish
  The catch of menhaden by boats of Tiverton, R. I., for the season of 1882, was 141,000 barrels. The menhaden fish have been on the coast in unusually ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1883 - NEWPORT, July 16. - A rumor reached here this morning that the steamer Lottie E. Merrill, of Tiverton, R. I., was lost off George's Bank, with all on board.
  
  The Independent Record
  Helena, Montana
  July 17, 1883
  
  
•  1889 - Tarred by White Caps
  Fall River, Mass., Jan 24. - "Sim" Sherman has been boarding at the house of Clark King on what is known as the King road, near Bliss' Four Corners,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  From Hummock, Tiverton, R.I.
  
•  1894 - All the members of the school board in Tiverton, R. I., are women; and the superintendent says the schools of that town are the best conducted in the state.
  
  Fayette County Leader
  Fayette, Iowa
  August 23, 1894
  
  
• 1895 - Tiverton
  Tiverton, a post-village of Newport co., R.I., in Tiverton township, on the E. shore of Narragansett Bay, near the Old Colony Railroad, 13 miles...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - David Hambly’s Fate at Tiverton. HIS BOAT CAPSIZED.
  Fall River, Mass., June 28.— News reached here today of a drowning accident which occurred in Tiverton last evening. David Hambly, a prominent...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  From R. R. Bridge, Tiverton, R. I.
  
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  From Hummock, Tiverton, R. I.
  
•  1902 - GHASTLY FIND MADE AT TIVERTON, R. I. - Tide Draws Veil from 50-Year-Old Mystery - Skeleton Found on Beach
  Remains Believed to Be Those of Mrs. Gideon Manchester, Who Disappeared 50 Years ago and Who Was Believed to Have Been Murdered.
  
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  Residence of Benj. Barker
  
• 1906
  Tiverton, a post-village of Newport co., R.I., in Tiverton township (town), on the E. shore of Narragansett Bay, 13 miles NNE. of Newport, on the New ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Fisheries Co., 1907
  
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  Ferry Boat "West Side" from Tiverton to Portsmouth, R.I.
  
•  1909 - MAY BE MURDER CASE
  Severed Legs of A Woman in a Dress Suit Case
  It Was Found Among Some Bushes in an Outlying Section of Tiverton, R. I.
  Tiverton, R. I., Oct. 12. -...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Train Station, Tiverton
  
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  F. R. (Fall River) Yacht Club
  
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  First Baptist Church
  
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  Stone Bridge, 1910
  
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  Hen Island (1910)
  
•  1913 - METEOR FALLS IN RIVER. Shock of Its Explosion Breaks Windows in Tiverton, R. I.
  FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 28. - A meteor fell into the Seaconnett River near Tiverton, R. I., last night, churning up the water and producing and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Stone Bridge Inn
  
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  Hayfield of Joshua T. Durfee, Tiverton, R.I., which was seeded down four years ago with Hubbard's "Bone Base" Fertilizers. Last Spring it cut, first crop, over four tons of hay per acre. Remember, it was dry.
  
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  Luke's Lodge, Stafford Road