Usquepaug, Rhode Island
Usquepaug (or "Usquepaugh") is a village in the towns of Richmond and South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, along the Usquepaug River and near the Usquepaug Road Historic District.
Overview
The village is home to Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a gristmill founded in the late 17th century, and currently located in a building constructed in 1886. The white corn meal is used in a traditional Rhode Island food, johnnycakes and the annual Johnny Cake Festival is held in Usquepaug.[1][2]
Gallery
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Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008 -
Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008 -
Corn over the grinding stone in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, RI, (near Kingston) 1940 -
Johnny Cake Festival at Kenyon's Grist Mill -
Mill pond in Usquepaug, Rhode Island -
Mill dam next to Kenyon's Grist Mill -
Kenyon's Gristmill
References
- ^ "Johnny Cake Festival". www.johnnycakefestival.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Kenyon's Grist Mill". www.kenyonsgristmill.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
External links
Media related to Usquepaug, Rhode Island at Wikimedia Commons
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