After Newport was ... state's first lighthouse. Constructed in 1749 on the southernmost tip of Jamestown, Beavertail Lighthouse is not only the oldest lighthouse in Rhode Island, but also the ...

The Newport Historical Society, alongside the U.S. Lighthouse Society and U.S. Coast Guard, will honor Ida Lewis ...

If you want to say you've eaten somewhere that pirates used to frequent, there's a spot in Rhode Island ... returned to Newport with his bounty," according to the White Horse Tavern history.

Andrea E. McHugh Newport's Rose Island Lighthouse, in the middle of Narragansett Bay's West Passage between Newport and Jamestown, has served as a beacon for vessels since 1870. Today, visitors ...