In History’s Wake: The Last Trap Fisherman of Rhode Island Screening and Lecture, with Markham Starr | South County Museum Summer Speaker Series

In History’s Wake: The Trap Fishermen of Rhode Island, Slideshow by Markham Starr: This slideshow covers the last of the floating trap fishing companies operating in Rhode Island. This fishery, going back over 150 years, once dominated the coastline but was quickly abandoned with the advent of the modern trawler. The show follows these fishermen as they build and fish their unique floating traps over the course of one summer. This slideshow comes from a book by the same name, published by Wesleyan University Press

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The Summer Speaker Series is free lectures and presentations by local historians, authors, and traditional craftspeople to mark the Museum’s 90th birthday. Series topics will include the connection of Rhode Island’s textile mills to the slavery economy, encounters among the Narragansett people and Roger Williams, and the history of trap fishing in the state.