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The geology of Rhode Island is based on nearly one billion year old igneous crystalline basement rocks formed as part of the microcontinent Avalonia that collided with the supercontinent Gondwana. The region experienced substantial folding associated with its landlocked position during the Alleghanian orogeny mountain building event and accumulated sedimentary rocks, including small deposits of coal. The region was covered with thick Atlantic Coastal Plain sediments, with the erosion of the Appalachians and the creation of the Atlantic Ocean throughout the past 200 million years. These surficial sediments and soils were substantially reworked by the Pleistocene glaciations. The state's geology is part of the broader geology of New England.
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Taking a road trip from the cottages I explored Jamestown and Point Judith. Finding their lighthouses and exploring the area around them. I loved all the sea cliff walls and trails available at both. The park at Beavertail is not to be missed nor is the Fisherman Memorial next to Point Judith Lighthouse.
Taking a road trip from the cottages I explored Jamestown and Point Judith. Finding their lighthouses and exploring the area around them. I loved all the sea cliff walls and trails available at both. The park at Beavertail is not to be missed nor is the Fisherman Memorial next to Point Judith Lighthouse.
The Rhode Island Red is one of the oldest breeds of chicken developed in America, with a history going back to the mid 1840s. The people of Rhode Island raised these chickens in their villages for the purpose of eggs and meat. Regions surrounding Little Compton, Rhode Island, and Newport County, Massachusetts (which are adjoining territories), should receive most of the credit for the early development of the Rhode Island Red. Poultry farmers of these regions wanted to have a hen that could lay a good number of eggs per year, and one that would dress out nicely as a meat bird for the table or when sent to market for a profit. Shape and color had little if any consideration, except with the males - the local farmers preferred red males as they believed these introduced intense vigor to the flock.
Trying out Teasel. They were greeted by Hedge Pig, who kindly presented them with The Teasel, a rowing dory with a tanbark sail. Tomorrow, if Best Bun is feeling better, they'll rowed down the river on the outgoing tide to see the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Taking a road trip from the cottages I explored Jamestown and Point Judith. Finding their lighthouses and exploring the area around them. I loved all the sea cliff walls and trails available at both. The park at Beavertail is not to be missed nor is the Fisherman Memorial next to Point Judith Lighthouse.
On behalf of Barack Obama, his wife Michelle visited and spoke at Obama Headquarters in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, February 21, 2008.
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Rhode Island's "new" state capitol, completed in 1904.
Fun facts about the building:
Fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the whole wide world. (Top three: St. Peter's Basilica, Minnesota state capitol, Taj Mahal. I've been to all of those.)
In the filming of the movie Amistad, the Rhode Island statehouse filled in for the U.S. Capitol. (It's the background of a scene where Morgan Freeman visits J.Q. Adams in Washington, DC in the movie. My previous post -- Old Connecticut state capitol -- is where the Amistad trials began in 1839.)
On the upper levels of this building, there are four distinct areas: House chamber, Senate chamber, former Governor's greeting room (not its official name), and a photogenic law library -- all pictured here.
Also on site, an original charter from the British crown (King Charles II, 1663) is in a museum downstairs. A few cannon on site (not presented here), and other interesting artifacts in the museum.
This is a wonderful building to tour, and Providence is, over all, a darn good town, albeit pricey.
Rhode Islanders voted to allow ex-felons the right to vote in 2006.
Photo Credit: Rhode Island Family Life Center
Taking a road trip from the cottages I explored Jamestown and Point Judith. Finding their lighthouses and exploring the area around them. I loved all the sea cliff walls and trails available at both. The park at Beavertail is not to be missed nor is the Fisherman Memorial next to Point Judith Lighthouse.