Donald A. Littlefield
Section A
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family roots on Block Island, ancestry and genealogy of Littlefield family, Oswell, ancestor sailing
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Littlefield Homestead, Bell Isle Man, ancestor swimming in the Jordan River, building the big yellow house
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carpenter who built the big yellow house, Ship’s Master Amazon, father joined US lifesaving service, key posts, sharp sand
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fishing and the old pounders, kedge anchors, Lady of the Lake wreck, salvaged flagpole
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erecting flagpole, father moving around for career, name origins, father being transferred to different locations for position
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where he and siblings were born, graveyard of ships and prohibition, two outer banks shipwrecks and rescues
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mother got a washing machine, father bought a Dodge Sedan and brought it to Block Island, Dodge auctioned for funding for historical society
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’38 Hurricane, father saving people in Narragansett, built escape road
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1991 breach, salt water loaded with proteins, sand building up again after eight years, coast guard, father’s last assignment in Cleveland, Ohio
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10th grade in big school in the midwest, junior and senior years in small high school, built house in Block Island, went to Block Island in the summer almost every year, trip to Nova Scotia, brothers entered military
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entered army through ROTC, went to UConn, wife’s Rathbun connection to Block Island, Lydia planned Rathbun reunion, worked in insurance
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Nathaniel White, cottage at Sandy Point, spot for block of ice on bumper, sailboat
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sail with bag of ice, moved to big yellow house to spend summers, worked on mainland for some of college
Section B
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fish pier, stop at Essex Inn in the spring, oldest boat he remembers, going to the wheelhouse on trips, trip with a lot of fog
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slot machine on the boat, yachting and home-owning changed exposure to the island, ferry service increased as demand increased, airline service impact and growth
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clamming while a plane came in to land, moving landing location for planes, moving car without knowing how to drive, put in stove
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Cleveland Heights connection, maple syrup week, Lady of the Lake research, log book from mason working on a chimney
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Nathaniel Green namesake of Greensboro, Kathryn Littlefield, island influence in Revolutionary War, banquet for Rathbun reunion, mainland Rathbun society visit