Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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You might find it inlVmiil miiyu g that the North River bridge charged otol The coslflSil o man and his horse was higher tfiorv for a man on foot. Two prieSl traveling in opposite directions, set up a system to beat the high cost. Each would leave his horse on his own side, cross the bridge, paying for himself, and ride off on the other ' s horse. What a way to econonj izei Many of you think tha urpo! the Lawson Tower is to cover an ui H water tower. Did you know that it keeps the water colder during the sui months than most water towers? The extravagant Tom Lawson hod a very original hobby. He owned a large collection of lucky elephants. Thre H still standing on the Common today | | :ommon knowledge that i.iuch of this town. Is it to knowledge thot he also owned the world ' s only seven-masted schooner? If not for the industrious men of the North River, the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition might never hove occurred. The ship Columbia, built in 1 773 at Briggs Landing on the North River (just up from the Route 3A Bridge) gave its name to the Columbia River in Oregon, which her cap- tain discovered during a voyage along the past. This discovery subsequently PRothe Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Columbia was, also, the first ship to carry the U. S. flog around the world, and to countries such as China, Great Britain, and Canada. For those who would like to see the ship, there is a full size replico of her in Disneyland.