Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of the Town of East Providence: Delivered Before the Town Authorities and Citizens of East Providence, July 4th, 1876 This spot received this name, probably, from the circumstance, that great numbers of wild geese used frequently, in their semi-annual migrations to alight in Seekonk river and cove. They frequently alight there how. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.