(A sign directing people to Pomham's Fort

(A sign directing people to Pomham's Fort is a Rhode Island historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1936.

Warwick · location approximate

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(A sign directing people to Pomham's Fort which is already marked reading:) On the shore of Warwick Cove is located Pomham's Fort erected for the Indian Sachem in 1644 by his English Allies as a defense against the Narragansetts.

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1674 · Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula / [Hugo Allardt] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Siege of Newport, Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

A map of New England, 1677, covering the location of (A sign directing people to Pomham's Fort, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A map of New England, 1677, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)

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