Norumbega Tower

Title: Norumbega Tower
Submitted by: Rowdy Geirsson
Description: A stone tower erected by Eben Norton Horsford in 1889 in Weston, Massachussetts, allegedly commemorating Leif Erikson's landfall and subsequent settlement of Vinland. Horsford had no proof to substantiate any of his claims, among which was the belief that Norumbega was named after Norway. The plaque on the tower reads:
A.D. 1000 A.D. 1889

NORUMBEGA

CITY·COUNTRY·FORT·RIVER

NORUMBEGA = NOR MBEGA

INDIAN UTTERANGE OF NORBEGA THE ANCIENT FORM

OF NORVEGA·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 HERJULFSON 985 A.D.

LANDFALL OF LEIF ERIKSON ON CAPE COD 1000 A.D.

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 A.D.

EXPLORED BY ··············

THORWALD LEIF’S BROTHER·1003 A.D.

COLONIZED BY ··············

THORFINN KARLSEFNI·1007 A.D.

FIRST BISHOP ··············

ERIK GNUPSON·1121 A.D.

INDUSTRIES FOR 350 YEARS

MASUR·WOOD [BURRS]·FISH·FURS·AGRICULTURE·

LATEST NORSE SHIP RETURNED TO ICELAND IN 1347.
Identifier: NM-01323
Date: 1889
Temporal Coverage: Modern (Nineteenth Century)
Place of Origin: Weston; Massachussetts
Type: Monument & Memorial See all items with this value; Artefact & Artwork See all items with this value
Subject: Tower; Leif Erikson
Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0

Media: Norumbega Tower