ROBERT A. GEAKE is a Rhode Island historian and the author of eight books relating to Rhode Island and New England history. A vice-president of the Cocumscussoc Association of Smith’s Castle Historic House and Cultural Center, he also serves on the board of the Warwick Historical Society.
LORÉN M. SPEARS, Narragansett, is the Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum. She has received a variety of awards, including the Rhode Island Council of the Humanities’ Tom Roberts Prize for Creative Achievement in the Humanities.