2020年11月15日 · Salem is a historic town in Massachusetts. The area was home to native people for thousands of years before being settled by the Massachusetts Bay colonists in the 17 th century. Salem is most famous for the being the site of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 but also has a rich maritime history as well. The following is the history of Salem:

Sometime 12,000 to 9,000 years ago, the first humans entered the land around Salem, as the glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age. These people were the ancestors of present-day Indigenous people. They produced sharp spear-point from stone and hunted caribou.

Salem (/ ˈseɪləm / SAY-ləm) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem was one of the most significant seaports trading commodities in early American history.

The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires". Essex initially contained Salem, Lynn, Wenham, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Gloucester, and Andover. It now has two county seats, Salem and Lawrence.

2025年2月11日 · Salem’s early history was clouded by religious intolerance that led to the witchcraft trials of 1692. During the 18th and 19th centuries, it developed as one of New England’s leading maritime and shipbuilding centres, and during the American Revolution (1775–83) and the War of 1812 its port served as a privateers’ base.

SALEM, the "City of Peace," holds the proud distinction of being not only the second oldest settlement in New England, but also the second incorporated city in Massachusetts. Salem was first settled in 1626 by Roger Conant and his associates who came from a fishing settlement at Cape Ann, four years before the settlement of Boston.

2020年10月14日 · Only have 24 hours to visit one of the world’s witchiest cities? Here’s what to do, where to eat, and what to see if you have one day in Salem, Massachusetts. “Hocus Pocus” fandom encouraged.

Salem Historical Society, founded in 2015, is dedicated to sharing Salem’s diverse and varied history. We are not a bricks and mortar society and not a collecting institution.* Rather, our aim is to develop and share Salem’s history through sponsored events and lectures, and the virtual publication of articles, features and essays related ...

English colonists settled the area in 1626 when a company of fishermen led by Roger Conant arrived from Cape Ann. Built on the former site of a Native American village and trading center, the town was first called Naumkeag. More people followed, who were Protestant Puritans, who had immigrated to obtain religious freedom.

Salem, seat of Essex County, is located on the northeast coast of Massachusetts at the mouth of the Naumkeag River. It is best remembered for the witchcraft hysteria that gripped the area in the closing years of the 17th century. Salem was founded in 1626 by Roger Conant and a group of immigrants from Cape Ann.