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Little Compton is a rural farming town in Newport County in eastern Rhode Island. It includes the villages of Adamsville and Sakonnet. It is between the Sakonnet River on its west and Massachusetts and the West Branch of the Westport River to the east. Its claim to fame is that it is where the famous Rhode Island Red (a breed of fowl and the Rhode Island state bird) was developed.

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• Wilbor House, Barn, and Quaker Meeting House, West Road, Phone: +1 401-635-4035. Mid-Jun to mid-Sep, Tu-Su, 2PM-5PM. Historic early 1700s building, maintained by Little Compton Historical Society. The Wilbor House was built during 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries and restored in 1956 by the Historical Society. Barn contains historical New England farm items and tools.

• Gray's Store, 4 Main Street, Adamsville, Phone: +1 401-635-4566. Built in 1788, one of the oldest continuously operating stores in the country. It contains an old 1804 post office, an original soda fountain, candy and tobacco cases, and ice chest. Memorial Day-Labor Day, M-F 9:30AM-5:30PM; Sa 9:30AM-5PM; Su and holidays, 12PM-4PM. Winter: M-F, 9:30AM-5:30PM; Sa 9:30AM-5PM; closed Su and holidays.

• Monument to Elizabeth Pabodie, Commons Burial Ground. Gravesite of first white girl born in New England, a daughter of Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden.

• Rhode Island Red Monument, Main Street, Adamsville.

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• Sakonnet Vineyards, 162 West Main Road (Rt. 77), Phone: +1 401-635-8486. May 1-Oct, 10AM-6PM; Nov-Apr, 11AM-5PM. Tours, tastings and self-guided vineyard walks.

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• Amy C. Lund, Handweaver, 26 Main Street, Adamsville, Phone: +1 508-542-4782, [1]. Year round W-Su 10AM-5PM.

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• Land End Bed and Breakfast, 4108 Long Hwy., Phone: +1 401-635-9557.
• Stone House Club, Sakonnet Point, Phone: +1 401-635-2222.
• The Roost Bed and Breakfast, 170 West Main Rd., Phone: +1 401-635-8486, [2]. Seasonal. (For Sale in late 2006).

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• Neighboring towns are Tiverton and Westport (Massachusetts).