ESCOHEAG HILL
(WEST GREENWICH)
Kent County
District 2
Kent County
District 2
1937: The tower at George Washington Memorial Forest will be moved to Escoheag Hill. (3rd Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture and Conservation)
March 21, 1952: "As forest service employes prepared the towers for service yesterday, they discovered that someone had broken into the tower on Escoheag hill in West Greenwich and stolen a stove, electric generator, telephone and other equipment. The heavy map table had been heaved out a window and was smashed on the ground below the tower." (Newport Mercury)