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“A Viler Place Never Yet Existed:” Snowtown in Early Nineteenth-century Providence
February 5, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Heather Olson and Andrew Polta, of The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc., will discuss the Providence Cove Lands Project; a large-scale archaeological excavation undertaken in downtown Providence
during the early 1980s. Their presentation will discuss the history and archaeology of the North Shore Site, focusing on the nineteenth-century residents of Snowtown and their participation in
and influence on urban life in Providence. The presentation will be virtual.
“Snowtown was noted for its constant flow of undocumented residents, ramshackle housing, and varying levels of what many city-dwellers at the time considered ‘unsavory behavior,’” Ms.
Olson explains. “Regardless of contemporary perceptions, Snowtown’s residents were inextricably intertwined with the labor, transportation, and technological revolutions occurring in Providence during that time.”