Thursday, October 15, 2015

Columbus Day Discoveries

On the recent Columbus Day holiday I got out on the Sudbury River to see what might be discovered in its very shallow waters of late.  Launched at Sherman's Bridge and paddled upriver to the ancient and abandoned four arch stone bridge near the Wayland Country Club golf course (photo at left).  Because the old bridge spans an original section of river that was later by-passed, water was in short supply and reaching the bridge required a short hike in on the remaining stub of roadway which ends at the re-located river location.


The absence of water allowed me to walk through the 2 portals pictured at left which seemed more than a little strange...

I scanned the dry riverbed for whatever might be still lying around from the days (pre 1955) when the main channel of the river used to pass through.  Just outside of the portal was seen the glint from an amber piece of glass which protruded slightly from the muck.  Once extracted it proved to be a still intact half pint bottle with some interesting embossing...
At first I thought the embossing involved golf clubs (considering the proximity to the golf course) but would later find out via someone else's research online that they're fox hunt symbols and were the logo for Hunter Whiskey back in the 1940s and 50s.

This bottle joined some contemporaries found earlier on the way upriver...

Before being cleaned up they mingled with some less notable figures...


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