| Page Views: 337 Last Visit to Salem: October, 2008 | Witch Way do You Go by BruceDunning - last update: Oct 17, 2008 |
Besides its reknowned fame as being a place to eliminate witches (only 16 were killed) it was a critical seaport for goods shipment. That lasted until about 1830-40's, and then that wained. The town was founded in 1630, the oldest in the area when Puritans tried to get out of the reach of King James I in England. |
| Map of the trails to see the witch sites/places |
|  | Witch trails is the Vogue This depicts the popularity of witches and the history to present. There are museums, haunted houses and tours that can be taken. The witch hunt was only lasting a little time, and during then 16 women were killed. The tradition of the times was for people to believe in witch phenomomon and the ones tried were not doing their job, or were suspect of too much chacanery. They have a 3 week event drawing 150,00 people to to town to see the haunt. |
| | Old History preserved Parks Service has control of the wharf and Freedom ship and some houses. The tour is worth the trip. They got control of the whole area in 1938 and renovated much of the houses. |
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| Pros: | "The history of the shipping and commerce was good" | | Cons: | "The witch thing is too much and overplayed" | | In A Nutshell: | "Trying to draw tourists, they played on sessationilism" |
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kokoryko Fri Jul 24, 2009 23:15 UTC
The witches of Salem, thanks to A. Miller evoke me the Mc Carthy times in US, which is over; good you prevent us from the “witchery”, Bruce, it is probably overplayed, but I may like to visit one day, to see “Old New England”; thanks for this page. | Pawtuxet Sat Jun 27, 2009 14:23 UTC
Hope you enjoyed Salem. there are some wonderfully restored old homes there aside from the "witch frenzy". | jumpingnorman Tue May 12, 2009 20:41 UTC
Would love to visit Salem to see how thWitches Theme has affected tourism - but looks like there's more to salem than just witchcraft....I've never been to Boston even - I should visit soon, Norman :) | Kuznetsov_Sergey Wed Nov 5, 2008 20:04 UTC
A very comprehensive with helpful information page. Loved your Friendship TAll Ship tip. Thank Bruce for sharing! |
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