History Cumberland, Rhode Island

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cumberland settled part of wrentham, massachusetts, purchased local indigenous americans plymouth colony. later transferred rhode island part of long-running boundary dispute. town named in honor of prince william, duke of cumberland.


william blackstone (also spelled william blaxton in colonial times) first european settle , live in cumberland. (he first european have settled in boston, left when , newly arrived puritans disagreed religion.) preached brand of tolerant christianity under oak tree became inspiration christians worldwide. lived on farm in lonsdale area of cumberland, cultivated first variety of american apples, yellow sweeting. site of home occupied ann & hope mill.


the popular tourist destination 9 men s misery tomb found on grounds of former trappist monastery (abbey of our lady of valley), part of destroyed in fire in 1950. trappists sold monastery , grounds town , part of building converted edward j. hayden library, aka cumberland public library in 1976. combined 3 smaller libraries one.


cumberland site of iron works made cannons , cannonballs french , indian war , american revolution. additionally, cumberland (along neighboring towns of central falls, ri, lincoln, ri, , attleboro, massachusetts) home of valley falls company, original antecedent of berkshire hathaway, 1 of world s largest , successful companies.


a machine shop in cumberland made first power looms woolens in america. these reportedly used @ capron mill in uxbridge, around 1820, burned in fire in 2007.


cumberland home headquarters , original location of ann & hope chain of discount stores claims first chain of discount department stores in america , founded in 1955.


cumberland in lower blackstone valley of rhode island , in john h. chafee, blackstone river valley national heritage corridor, new england s historic national park area.


aaron fricke denied request bring same-sex date school prom @ cumberland high school 1979. in legal victory lgbt rights, federal court held such denial violated student s free speech rights, in fricke v. lynch.


in summer of 2014, cumberland american little league baseball team, led coach david belisle, won new england regional little league baseball championship , went on play in little league world series.








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