ocr: Khode Island Capital Providence Major City ranston - - - - - - . I Nickname Ocean State built by TA Flower Violet 1 - - - - - - - - e Landmark The Breakers, Comelius Vanderbilt, is the largest of: many lavish tum-of-the-century mansions at Newport, Rhode Island. Did you know? Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Union. Historical Footnote Rhode Island passed the nation's first law against slavery, -