A narrative of South Scituate-Norwell (1849-1963)
Subtitle: remembering its past and the world around it
By: Samuel H. Olson
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781609490805
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The years surrounding "the big split" and South Scituate's role in the Civil War, 1849-1865; title: Looking back at South Scituate's first decade; title: At work, at school, and other aspects of life in the 1850s; title: Curbing the "drink appetite" in South Scituate; title: Good neighbor Dan; title: They answered President Lincoln's call in the War of the Great Rebellion : 1861-1865; title: Tragedy, defeat, and the ultimate triumph; title: pt. 2. From the close of the Civil War to the turn of the century; title: Erecting South Scituate's monument to its war dead; title: A golden age of local philanthropy; title: William Gould Vinal's boyhood diary; title: Old times at Mount Blue; title: Shoemaking in South Scituate/Norwell; title: To the farmhouse born, to the manor house wed; title: Norwell says "Yes" to the trolley but "No" to the train; title: pt. 3. The early twentieth century in Norwell; title: The motorcar age comes to Norwell; title: Challenges of a rural school system in the early 20th century; title: Arsenic and Old Assinippi; title: They were good years and good times; title: pt. 4. Two world wars and a Great Depression; title: Over there in France and over here in Norwell; title: Norwell in the 1920s; title: Norwell during the 1930s : coping with the Great Depression; title: Norwell welcomes a new high school; title: Friday night and Saturday on Rockland Hill; title: Norwell's greatest generation faces World War II : 1939-1945; title: pt. 5. A time of rapid change; title: The emergence of a suburb : 1945-1963; title: A still emerging community : a prelude to a new age; title: pt. 6. Appendix; title: Rock-ribbed Republicans : 1920-1944; title: Party time in Norwell : 1944-2008; title: Chronology of Norwell Historical Society presidents.