Off Apponaug Road, Lakewood

Off Apponaug Road, Lakewood is a Rhode Island historical marker in Kent County, dedicated 1936.

Warwick · location approximate

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Off Apponaug Road, Lakewood Fording Road, formerly Vickery Lane A continuation of the Pequot Trail crossing the Pawtuxet River

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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Historical maps covering this location

1891 · Composite: R.I. 1-10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · R.I. sheet 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1921 · Providence, Massachusetts (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1935 · Providence, Rhode Island (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1939 · Providence, Rhode Island (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Composite: R.I. 1-10, 1891, covering the location of Off Apponaug Road, Lakewood, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Composite: R.I. 1-10, 1891, 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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