使用Player FM应用程序离线!
51. STRANGE STREETS: The Mystery of Ridge St. and Pidge Ave.
Manage episode 322784614 series 2949555
Episode Description:
On the border of Providence and Pawtucket, there’s a strange intersection. One single road changes its name from Ridge Street to Pidge Avenue. With Ridge and Pidge being just one letter apart, it always seemed like a mistake. With the help of Providence Journal reporter Paul Parker, we get to the bottom of the mystery. And uncover another one along the way.
To Visit:
- Intersection of Pidge Avenue and East Avenue, Pawtucket, RI
- Pidge Tavern was at 586 Pawtucket Avenue
Episode Source Material
- It's No Typo | Paul Parker | January 19, 2020 (Search “Pidge” in the Journal Archive)
- Not gone after all - The Providence Journal, 3/8/2020
- A Toll, A Tavern, and A Farm: A History of Pidge Avenue
- New York Times | Granville Standish Jr. Obituary
- Historic Taverns of Rhode Island | Robert A Geake
- Rhode Island · George Washington's Mount Vernon
- To George Washington from Nicholas Cooke, 4 April 1776
- Rochambeau | American Battlefield Trust
- Marquis de Lafayette | American Battlefield Trust
- Dexter House | preserveri
- History & Culture - Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (US National Park Service)
71集单集
Manage episode 322784614 series 2949555
Episode Description:
On the border of Providence and Pawtucket, there’s a strange intersection. One single road changes its name from Ridge Street to Pidge Avenue. With Ridge and Pidge being just one letter apart, it always seemed like a mistake. With the help of Providence Journal reporter Paul Parker, we get to the bottom of the mystery. And uncover another one along the way.
To Visit:
- Intersection of Pidge Avenue and East Avenue, Pawtucket, RI
- Pidge Tavern was at 586 Pawtucket Avenue
Episode Source Material
- It's No Typo | Paul Parker | January 19, 2020 (Search “Pidge” in the Journal Archive)
- Not gone after all - The Providence Journal, 3/8/2020
- A Toll, A Tavern, and A Farm: A History of Pidge Avenue
- New York Times | Granville Standish Jr. Obituary
- Historic Taverns of Rhode Island | Robert A Geake
- Rhode Island · George Washington's Mount Vernon
- To George Washington from Nicholas Cooke, 4 April 1776
- Rochambeau | American Battlefield Trust
- Marquis de Lafayette | American Battlefield Trust
- Dexter House | preserveri
- History & Culture - Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (US National Park Service)
71集单集
ทุกตอน
×欢迎使用Player FM
Player FM正在网上搜索高质量的播客,以便您现在享受。它是最好的播客应用程序,适用于安卓、iPhone和网络。注册以跨设备同步订阅。