Bocce Traditional Geocache
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A micro on "The Hill".
Grab your bocce balls and palina and come have a game on the bocce
courts on Federal Hill. The area now known as Federal Hill was
originally the land separating the Narragansett and Wampanoag
Indian tribes. The early settlers were attracted to this area
during the 18th century by the array of highways and turnpikes that
already served the area. In 1788, Amos Maine Atwells and several
other businessmen formed a syndicate to improve and develop the
West Side of the city. Because of his active involvement in real
estate and development near the Atwells Avenue area, he is credited
with shaping the physical appearance of Federal Hill and with
giving his name to that major thoroughfare. In the early 1900s, the
Federal Hill area was the destination of a second great wave of
immigrants, nearly 60 years after the Irish had arrived in the
neighborhood. The area soon became the center of one of the most
densely populated and largest Italian settlements in the nation. In
1885, there were only a few hundred Italian-born residents in
Providence; 20 years later, there were 18,014 and by 1920, 42,044.
By 1930, twenty percent of the city's population was of Italian
extraction. This wave eventually slowed down in the 1930s due to
the disruption caused by World War I and the restrictive
immigration laws enacted in 1921 and 1924. The original settlement
of Italians along Spruce Street and Atwells Avenue gradually
expanded to include all of Federal Hill and became known to the
residents as "The Hill," "Colletto," or "Little Hill." The italian
influence has ebbed somewhat and now this is A pretty diverse
neghborhood. There are still many fine Italian restaurants on "the
Hill". So stop by, find a cache, have a game and then have a meal.
Ciao!
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