Ram's Island
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Ram's Island is a small 20 acre island off of the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. It is connected to Shelter Island by a causeway. Once called Mystic Island, it was formerly the site of an exclusive Victorian era hotel resort at which steamships from Boston and New York City stopped twice a day. At its heyday the hotel played host to a world lightweight bareknuckle boxing championship. By the 1920s, the hotel had fallen into disrepair. Currently it is a private residence owned and maintained by the Ragsdale family, who have lived on the island since the 1970s, when they bought it from its former owner and performed extensive renovations.
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