The Ceaseless War Against Intemperance: Scituate’s Ante-Bellum Temperance Movement
In the decades preceding the Civil War many forces, including a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening, combined to make the... more ››
Tales of Two Towns: Scituate and Marshfield During the American Revolution
The second volume of Scituate’s Histories tells the story of Scituate and Marshfield during the American Revolution.
Recent books on Scituate
Check out these books by local historian Lyle Nyberg
Scituate Aerial Photos, 1968
Check out this website which our local historian, Lyle Nyberg, has carefully reproduced and interwoven to make a great montage. ... more ››
Old Oaken Buckets: Scituate and its Water Supply
A history of Scituate’s water supply from its colonial days of individual wells and old oaken buckets, through the creation of a privately... more ››
A History of the Scituate Fire Department
This book is the history of firefighting in Scituate, MA from the “horse and buggy” days of the late 19th century through the establishment... more ››
A Salute to Scituate's World War II Veterans
There are copies of "A Salute to Scituate's World War II Veterans" available for $15, at the Town Archives office.Please... more ››