Richard Smith and the trading post that became Smith’s Castle
Richard Smith set up a trading post at Cocumscussoc in the 1630s. The house that replaced it after King Philip’s War still stands in North Kingstown.
colonial history
Hannah Robinson and the tower that keeps her story on Tower Hill
Hannah Robinson, daughter of a wealthy South Kingstown planter, defied her father to marry and died young. A lookout tower near her favorite spot bears her name.