Popular Iconic Rhode Island Foods That Require Clean Water
Rhode Island is famous for the following foods:
Clam Cakes
Del's Lemonade
Stuffies
Hot Weiners
Johnnycakes
Coffee Milk
Fun Facts
The Rhode Island colony was founded on present-day Aquidneck Island, the largest island in Narragansett Bay. There are two theories on how Aquidneck Island came to be known as Rhode Island: 1) Explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano visited the island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay in 1524, and he compared it to the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. 2) Dutch explorer Adraen Block called Aquidneck “een rodlich Eylande,” meaning “an island of reddish appearance” in 1625.
On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island declared its independence from Great Britain, the first state to do so.
Judge Darius Baker imposed the first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile on August 27, 1904, in Newport, Rhode Island. The offender was found guilty of speeding at 15 miles per hour.
The first U.S. Open Championship was played on the nine-hole course of Newport Golf and Country Club in Rhode Island on October 4, 1895.
Even though Rhode Island has five counties, there is no county government. Local governance is provided by the eight cities and 31 towns.
The start of the Industrial Revolution is often attributed to the development and construction in 1790 of Samuel Slater’s water-powered cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Nine Men’s Misery monument in Cumberland, Rhode Island, is the oldest known monument to veterans in the United States.
Roger Williams founded the first Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1638. It is the oldest Baptist congregation in America.
In 1852, Rhode Island became the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
In Rhode Island, the law requires that one must give a timely, audible signal before passing a car on the left.
This page was last updated on July 31, 2022.
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