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Somers' Water Tower

Ashli Thompson Slawter, NFYC Commodore Volume LXXVI, Number 3 - May-July 2023 page 21

Slawter presents the history of Somers, Montana and the iconic water tower that will welcome Thistle sailors returning to North Flathead Yacht Club for Nationals in 2023. She recounts the tower's construction around 1901, the legendary painting of a giant Thistle on it in 1983, and how it symbolizes the return of Nationals after 35 years.

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  • Somers
  • Montana
  • Nationals 2023
  • history
  • NFYC