Little Compton has a surprising transportation history. We have always been more connected to the world than we might think. There are so many stories we might tell. Indigenous transportation routes, by water and land to points east and north, set the stage for today’s roads. Farm products and fish went by boat to the plantations of the Caribbean in the 1700s, and by boat and then carriage and train to cities up and down the east coast in the 1800s and 1900s. Steamboats brought day tourists to Sakonnet Point and goods to Adamsville Landing. The railroad and coach brought summer visitors. Peddlers and wagons traversed the roads, taking orders and selling groceries and household goods. In the 20th century the automobile opened new markets for farmers and brought new developments and new residents.