Henry A. L. Brown

Pawtuxet, Rhode Island

Founded in 1638, Pawtuxet is one of Rhode Islands oldest and most historic villages. The Pawtuxet River divides this unique settlement almost in half;...

Block Island

Block Island explores the evolution of the small, 7-by-3-mile island that lies between Point Judith, Rhode Island, and Montauk Point, New York. In 163...

Salt Pork and Poor Bread and Whiskey

The Adirondack Diaries of John Brown Francis

This is an account of the visits of John Brown Francis (later a five-term governor of Rhode Island) to the vast Adirondack wilderness known as "John B...

The Warwick Railroad and Villages Along the Way

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John Brown's Tract

Lost Adirondack Empire

"For decades in the last century [i.e. 19th] the vast wilderness upstate New York now known as the Adirondacks was called John Brown's Tract after its...