The View From Swamptown

For 25 years Town Historian Tim Cranston published a weekly column in The Independent newspaper on various aspects of the history of North Kingstown. Several of the columns have been collected in the volumes below. This collection has been made available here by permission of the author. 

The View From Swamptown I and II 

• Introduction
• Wickford
• The Mill Villages
• The Farming Villages
• Local Folks, Schools and Miscellaneous

The View From Swamptown III and IV 

• Wickford
• The Villages - Mill and Farming
• Miscellaneous

The View From Swamptown V-VIII 

• Wickford
• The Mill Villages
• Saunderstown, Smith's Castle, Local Folks, All Over Town
• Opinion Pieces, Special Projects, African American History, NK Historic Cemeteries Project

The View From Swamptown Volumes 9 and 10 

• Part A, page 1 thru page 87. Includes a Table of Contents for both sections.
• Part B, page 88 thru page 165