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SHANNOCK HILL

Washington County · dedicated 1936 · Westerly · location approximate

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SHANNOCK HILL Here the Narragansetts won a fierce battle against the Pequots for control of the fishing falls. A wooden marker was placed by Rhode Island Historical Society June 1897 on the 250th Anniversary of Death of Canonicus.

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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