YEARBOOK_1981

Page 166

E IT EVER so HUMBLE. We sleep here, we e^t here, play here, we do just about eveiythffig here. But "here" .is much more than just the Universi we

ty of Rhode IslafKl,

"here"">i

Kingston, Rhode Island. Many^ people say that the Town Kingston is the University, but so. Kingston has a. very old historic tradition that few si of URI know about. It all started over three dred years ago with the from the Narragansett Indans

"The Pettaquamscutt Purchase! This purchase, which wa! bourxled on the east by the Pet

taquamscutt (or Narrow) River,^

In 1825, the residents. Rest voted unanimouslyi^ name of this place eafter called he inhabitants thereof! proper means in our the same into efKingston? No one .

'

Kingstor^

the

residents petiCounty Court

to Little Rest.

This

better location of the foresisht of cerWs who knew House woukJ brir^ to the town. The ibly gave Littie Rest


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