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Welcome to Visit New England - Rhode Island - Blackstone Valley
Ten Great Things to Do in Blackstone Valley Early history of American industry is on display at Blackstone Valley’s riverside mills
This heavily wooded inland area of Rhode Island is traversed by the Blackstone River, the waterway that once supported the earliest water-powered textile mills in the United States. It is considered the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in America, starting with the construction in 1793 of Samuel Slater’s cotton mill in Pawtucket. Slater Mill is now the centerpiece of the Slater Mill Historic Site, where visitors can see how the mills operated, largely with the labor of young women migrants from nearby New England farms. A similar attraction in the region is the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, which celebrates the contributions of French-Canadian immigrants who arrived in the 1800s to work in New England’s shoe and textile mills. Many of the old mills now are factory outlet stores, art studios, and artist’s work places.
Visitors are invited to see the region from the vantage point of serene, shady cruises aboard the riverboat Blackstone Valley Explorer
and the Samuel Slater Canal Boat. Pawtucket is also home to the Pawtucket Red Sox, the AAA farm club of the Boston Red Sox. Summer evening games at the intimate McCoy Stadium are inexpensive, and the atmosphere is reminiscent of watching the ball game in a quieter, simpler time. More fun for kids and people who love beautiful old things is the historic carousel at Slater Memorial Park in Pawtucket.
Ten Great Things to Do in Blackstone Valley
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“Harriet Jacobs” -- Providence March 10, 2010 to March 13, 2010 |
Garrison Keillor – Providence March 11, 2010 |
Carrie Underwood on Tour -- Providence March 13, 2010 |
Maple Sugar Thanksgiving - Exeter March 13, 2010 |
Maple Sugaring – Coventry March 13, 2010 |
Michael Moschen, Illusionist -- Providence March 13, 2010 |
Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Walk -- Providence March 13, 2010 |
Saint Patrick's Day Parade -- Newport March 13, 2010 |
Pendragon – Cumberland March 14, 2010 |
Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Green Thumb -- Kingston March 19, 2010 to March 21, 2010 |
Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida" - South Kingstown March 19, 2010 to March 21, 2010 |
Providence: A Jewel of a City Walking Tour March 19, 2010 |
The Edwards Twins: Two Brothers, 100 Stars -- Woonsocket March 20, 2010 |
Eagle Cruise on the Connecticut River – Smithfield, RI, to Haddam, CT March 20, 2010 |
Shawnn Monteiro presents a Tribute to Carmen McRae -- Cranston March 20, 2010 |
Salute to Spring Celebration -- Woonsocket March 21, 2010 |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket March 24, 2010 |
Camouflaged Egg Hunt –Bristol, Smithfield, Exeter March 27, 2010 |
Seal Watch and Prudence Island Tour – Bristol March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010 |
Rhode Island Philharmonic Presents: Rossini, Schubert, Handel and Ginastera -- Providence March 27, 2010 |
Annual East Egg Hunt - Westerly March 27, 2010 |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket March 31, 2010 |
Trans-Siberian Orchestra with “Beethoven’s last Night” – Providence March 31, 2010 |
Visit with the Easter Bunny -- Providence April 2, 2010 to April 3, 2010 |
Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch -- Newport April 3, 2010 |
Watching Woodcocks Supper and Saunter -- Smithfield April 3, 2010 |
Easter Egg Hunt -- Newport April 3, 2010 |
Egg Hunt Safari -- Providence April 3, 2010 |
Star Chefs at Gracie’s – Providence April 5, 2010 |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Woonsocket April 7, 2010 |
Seal Watch and Prudence Island Tour – Bristol April 10, 2010 to April 12, 2010 |
Craftopia - Pawtucket April 11, 2010 |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket April 14, 2010 |
Fabrications Quilt Show -- North Kingstown April 24, 2010 to April 25, 2010 |
Star Chefs at Gracie’s – Providence May 16, 2010 |
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