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Salem witchhunts

 

             The people of Salem have re-created Salem to look the way it was when John Winthrop first arrived in 1930. The 11-acre village includes various dwellings, such as: dugouts, wigwams, and thatched roof cottages. The centerpiece of the village is the "fayre house." They added 5000 plants, shrubs, and trees representing species known to have grown in Salem at that time. They thought this added authenticity, as did the sawpits, salt works, and blacksmith shop. Arabella, John Winthrop's ship, was also re-created. HIS (Historic Salem Inc.) later restored the Witch House and planned to make a museum dedicated to Nathaniel Bodwitch and navigation. HIS has an inventory of more than 1700 Salem homes. Some of those homes have been restored and re-created to look like they would in the earlier days. Captain John Turner's house, also known as the House of seven Gables, went through many changes. John Ward's house, part of the Peabody Essex Museum, is a house where you can take a tour and catch a glimpse of England furnishings and domestic life. Also a part of the Peabody Essex Museum, and open for tours, is the Crowninshield Bentley house and Gardner- Pingree house; the Pierce-Nichols house isn't open for tours, but belonged to the man who developed one of the largest India trades in the US. The Derby house, built for Richard Derby's son, America's first millionaire, overlooks the wharves and warehouses built around that time; this house, along with the Hawkes house are a part of Salem Maritime National Historic Site. .
            


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