Norumbega Tower
Image by aaron.knox Thus reads the plaque: Norumbega=Nor Mbeca Indian utterance of Norbega the ancient fort of Norveca Norway to which the region of Vinland was subject CITY At and near Watertown where remain to-day docks, wharves, walls, dams, basins COUNTRY Extending from Rhode Island to the St. Lawrence First seen by Bjarni Herjuleson 985 AD Landfall of Leif Erikson on Cape Cod 1000 AD Norse canals, dams, walls, pavements, forts, terraced places of assembly remain to-day FORT At base of tower and region about was occupied by the Breton French in the 15th 16th and 17th centuries RIVER The Charles Discovered by Leif Erikson 1000 AD Explored by Thorwald, Leif's brother 1003 AD Colonized by Thorfinn Karsefni 1007 AD First Bishop: Erik Gnupson 1121 AD Industries for 350 years Masur wood [burrs], fish, furs, agriculture Latest Norse ship returned to Iceland in 1347 Erected 1889 by Eben Norton Horsford. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norumbega_Tower en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Norton_Horsford en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norumbega
Norumbega Tower
