Warwick, R.I.
Rocky Point Park protects property that is historically and culturally significant to generations of Rhode Islanders. At Rocky Point, in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes placed the first telephone call ever made by a sitting president ? to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who was located in nearby Providence. And one of baseball?s greats, George Herman ?Babe? Ruth, played numerous games at Rocky Point as a member of the Providence Grays.
Despite pressures for development, preservation of this mile-long coastal property secured public access and protected an environmentally-and-culturally significant parcel.
Rocky Point Park protects property that is historically and culturally significant to generations of Rhode Islanders. At Rocky Point, in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes placed the first telephone call ever made by a sitting president ? to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who was located in nearby Providence. And one of baseball?s greats, George Herman ?Babe? Ruth, played numerous games at Rocky Point as a member of the Providence Grays.
Despite pressures for development, preservation of this mile-long coastal property secured public access and protected an environmentally-and-culturally significant parcel.
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