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Excerpt from Lee's Guide to Newport, the Ocean City
Newport is at the south-western extremity of Rhode Island, in lat. 41 deg, 29 min., long. 71 deg, 20 min. It is one of the capitals of Rhode Island and the county seat of Newport county. Its population at the last cen sus was Its visitors however are numbered by the tens of thousands.
It is therefore of the first importance that in a guide of this kind, a succinct but plain outline should be given of the various routes by Which tourists may reach this City by the Sea. As the two main points from which this large in¿ux of visitors is gathered, viz.: New York and Boston, we propose in the following pages to give a description of the route in each case, for other cities we shall merely give the route, line of railroad and Where connections may, and in some cases must be made. To give the reader a general idea where Newport is situated. Must be our starting - point.
Governor's Island is at the entrance of the East River and a little over half a mile from the Battery. It is the property of the Government, and contains 72 acres of land. Upon its central summit is Fort Columbus.
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