Oakland Beach, Rhode Island

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Greenwich Bay from Oakland Beach
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Camp Wetmore, R.I. brigade militia, July 7th to 11th, 1885, Oakland Beach

Oakland Beach is a neighborhood and beach located in the South Central area of Warwick, Rhode Island, on Greenwich Bay, a tributary of Narragansett Bay. [1] In the late 1800s until about 1895 Oakland Beach was the location of Camp Wetmore, the site of a six day annual training encampment of the Rhode Island Militia.[ citation needed ]

The New England Hurricane of 1938 destroyed much of Oakland Beach. [2] The area never quite recovered, and Hurricane Carol in 1954 added to the area's destruction. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kozma, Carol (June 29, 2017). "Neighborhood of the Week: Oakland Beach is Warwick's own summer colony". Providence Journal . Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Jerry (June 28, 2016). "Oakland Beach : Building a New Reputation". 41°N. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Jones, Michael Owen; Long, Lucy M., eds. (2017). Comfort Food: Meanings and Memories. University Press of Mississippi. p. 85. ISBN   978-1-4968-1088-5.

41°41′33″N71°23′56″W / 41.69250°N 71.39889°W / 41.69250; -71.39889


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