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  Statehood: May 4, 1776 (1st state)
Capital: Providence
Governor: Lincoln Almond
Population: 1,002,648
(1990 census estimate)
State tourism office:
1-800-556-2484
www.visitrhodeisland.com
Rhode Island

Family tour de R.I.
It was the Family Tour de Rhode Island: eight adults, four children, seven tents, no cars. The cost per adult, for four days' food and lodging: $75. [ More ]

Aunt Carrie's updates
Aunt Carrie's, in Point Judith, could be a 1940s movie set were the bang of the screen door not so insistent and the smell of coddled clams so real. [ More ]

 Block Island photos
From stunning sunsets to rose-lined paths to old-fashioned barns, Block Island is a world apart. Take a photographic tour. [ More ]
 Block Island, naturally

The 4th on Block Island
Block Island is a place where time seems to move a little more slowly anytime of the year. Anytime except the Fourth of July. [ More ]

Postcards from Rhode Island
From the Italian-flavored scenes of Federal Hill to the mansion of Newport, Rhode Island packs a lot of beautiful scenery into the nation's smallest state. Send a picture postcard. [ More ]

Fly out of R.I.
Flights out of Providence airport are likely to be cheaper and less crowded. In addition, the lines are shorter and the parking more plentiful. Why would you fly from anywhere else? (Unless it was Manchester.) [ Last-minute airfares ]


 
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