Narragansett Herald (Narragansett Pier, R.I.) 1877-1???
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,047 issues from 1877 to 1898, published in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, digitised for Chronicling America.
Narragansett Pier was a popular summer resort that developed after the American Civil War. Between 1866 and 1871, ten new hotels sprang up. In 1876, the Narragansett Pier Railroad was built and linked the town to the urban centers of Providence to the north and New York to the south. The Narragansett Pier Casino, erected in 1883, next to the original pier, was designed by McKim, Mead & White, the most prominent American architectural firm of the era, and landscaped by the famous Frederick Law Olmstead. At its height, Narragansett Pier rivaled Newport as a social summer capital.
The Narragansett Herald, Hopkinton Gazette and North Kingstown Courier was the short lived first title of a newspaper edited by Dr. Irving Watson. Formerly of Detroit, Michigan, Watson saw the opportunity to provide entertainment while connecting advertisers with their target market of increasingly wealthy tourists. Narragansett Press Company published the paper for an initial price of two dollars a year in advance or five cents a copy. The first issue of 1,200 copies reportedly sold out fast. The second issue ran 1,500 copies, and its news column ridiculed the high price of summer cucumbers in the capital city of Providence.
The editor of the Narragansett Herald, Hopkinton Gazette and North Kingstown Courier described it as “A wide awake Family Newspaper, devoted to the public and national Interest of Washington County, Rhode Island. Lively, Fearless and Faithful. Neutral in politics and…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress