According to the New England Historical Society, Rhode Island's oldest high school can be traced back to 1800, when Rhode Island’s General Assembly ordered every town to open public schools.

With Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital ... many of the original red-brick buildings from the 1800s are still in use. Today, Butler is recognized across the country for its innovative ...

When James N. Arnold was young boy, probably in the 1850s, a friend took him to visit the house where French General Comte de ...

Bristoe Congdon’s child: A “black” man named Bristoe Congdon and several of his children died of tuberculosis in Rhode Island in the 1800s. “The body of one of the children was exhumed ...

They are such a part of Rhode Island's regional cuisine that Redditors ... says clam cakes were a dessert staple at clambakes in the 1800s (via The Providence Journal). They eventually clinched ...

An estimated 1,800 Rhode Island residents were affected by a swath of Electronic Benefits Transfer card thefts in the Providence, Pawtucket and Cranston area during the first week of March, according ...