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Autumn, 1970: Naively, though purposely, heading out to find the missing piece....
An article in the July 27, 1913 Providence Sunday Journal suggested a lot more than met the eye! :"Shannock at present is winning. Prosperity has been its portion, and its people are up and doing. Within the last five years it has introduced streetlights, more than doubled the number of volumes in its library and seen organized a club for entertainment and enjoyment of its men mill workers. Of all the villages between Kingston and Westerly, Shannock is easily maintaining its position as the liveliest."
Heading back in time...
Filled with info...
Joshua Clarke. (1749-1796)..
The Original Stone Mill
It was the best of times....
Historic Rosetta #2...
Housed George Perry Clark's Champion Golden Guernsey Cows for 40 years beginning in 1932
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Chapter 1: The Puzzle

Welcome! A Professor friend once told me to just tell the story! Well, actually there are 4...

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Chapter 2: Only One Shannock

"Only One Shannock: A Little South County Village Whose Name Is Unique Points With Pride To Long...

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Chapter 3: Getting Underway….

TBA

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Chapter 4: Digging In!

There was a little library downstairs in the Shannock Community House…Inside were found some valuable early village...

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Chapter 5: Adventurers

Heading back in time… Where? The State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations with “Providence Plantations” not...

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Chapter 6: Changes

Joshua and Perry Clarke’s gristmill and sawmill, powered by an undershot waterwheel, were about to undergo major...

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Chapter 7: Full Speed Ahead

TBA

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Chapter 8: Smooth Sailing

It was the best of times…. Historic Rosetta #1: By 1918 the Village had reached its zenith…...

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Chapter 9: Golden Guernseys

Farming has played a role since the beginning… Thomas Greene Homestead, circa 1714, on Narragansett Hill… Giant...

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