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Known to the world as a wealthy and prominent family during the Gilded Age, Rhode Islanders remember the Vanderbilts for the luxurious oceanfront ‘summer cottages’ they built in Newport. ➺ ➺ ➺ ➺ S S P P O O N N S S O O R R E E D D C C O O N N T T E E N N T T BEST BETS BLOCK ISLAND FERRY YAWGOO VALLEY and he retired in 2004 with fifty professional wins under his belt. figure skater, married Rhode Island politician Clay Pell (son of U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell, for which the Newport bridge is named) in Providence. GREENWICH BAY xxx SKI AREA & WATER PARK GREENWICH BAY OYSTER BAR OYSTER BAR to the Ocean State, including his wartime train- GREENWICH BAY OYSTER BAR President John F. Kennedy Jr. had close ties ing at Melville, his marriage to Jackie Bouvier in Newport and the ‘Summer White House' years spent at Hammersmith Farm in Newport. 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