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Tarzan Brown of the Narragansett Tribe, Legendary Marathon Runner
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In his first major foot race, the Boston Marathon in 1935, at the age of twenty, Ellison “Tarzan” Brown came out of nowhere. He was a poor Narragansett Indian from …
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How Hasbro Succeeded in Post-Industrial Rhode Island
A book review: Kid Number One: Alan Hassenfeld and Hasbro, by G. Wayne Miller (Pawtucket, RI: Stillwater River Publications, 2019).
It is arguably Rhode Island’s biggest economic success story since …
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The Newest Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Inductees: Alberic A. Archambault and Felix A. Toupin
Woonsocket’s famed politician, Lieutenant Governor and Mayor Felix A. Toupin, and West Warwick’s prominent Judge Alberic Archambault, were primarily responsible for the transition of the Franco-American vote in Rhode Island …
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