Narragansett
SOUTH COUNTY TRIVIA
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, July 24, 2008
A view of the island from its lighthouse.
The Providence Journal / Gretchen Ertl
1. The Dutch West India Company used this island in Narragansett Bay as a base for trading with the Indians in 1625:
a) Cornelius Island
b) Fox Island
c) Dutch Island
d) Hope Island
2. Cotton manufacturing was carried on in the 1800s in a mill owned by Capt. Esborn Sanford that made red and white flannel. It was located on Featherbed Lane in:
a) Peace Dale
b) Westerly
c) Slocum
d) Hamilton
3. According to the 1980 census, in Westerly, Hopkinton, Richmond and Charlestown, the greatest number of foreign-born residents came from this country:
a) England
b) Italy
c) Ireland
d) Sweden
ANSWERS ON PAGE D2.
1 — c. The island is in the Bay’s West Passage, between Saunderstown and Jamestown.
2 — d
3 — a
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