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n board the Salem
Trolly, the sign on
the back of the
driver's seat reads, "Salem,
the Witch City," and under it
is a sketch of a witch on a
broomstick.
As we travel around town,
our guide points out the Crow
Haven, a shop run by Laurie
Cabot, Salem's official witch.
We also pass the Witch
Dungeon, the Witch
Museum, and the Witch
House.
Besides specific tourist sites
involving a witch theme,
there are assorted general
reminders that Salem seems
to bill itself as Witch City.
Salem residents take all
this in stride. They know
despite everything else that's
happened in their town dur-
ing its more than 300 year
history, it's the notorious
witch trials of 1692 that have
made Salem, Massachusetts
famous.
"People associate Salem
with the witch trials all the
time," says Michelle La
Chance of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce. "It
really brings in the tourists,
and tourism is our main in-
dustry."
"But we don't like the tacky
stuff," she says. "We don't like
to see the witch trials ex-

ploited. We want to educate
people."
So when tourists visit the
varied witch sites, they find
multi-media presentations
which carefully emphasize
the dangers of bigotry and in-
tolerance, even while
souvenir shops sell witch
dolls on broomsticks.
There are, however, other
attractions of this serene and
historic town on the North
Shore of Massachusetts Bay.
On Chestnut Street are the
stately historic homes that
were once residences of
wealthy sea captains. At the
Peabody Museum with its ex-
tensive maritime displays, I
saw portraits of Salem sea
captains, ships' bells and
figureheads, and exotic
treasures its sea captains
brought back from the Far
East.
Down at the waterfront, the
Salem Maritime National
Historic Site had detailed ex-
hibits of the town's seafaring
history; and across the street
was the Customs House
where Salem's native literary
son, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
once worked as Surveyor of
the Port of Salem in 1846.
Further along the water-
front was the distinctive gabl-
ed house said to be the in-
spiration for Hawthorne's
House of the Seven Gables.
Then, on Pickering Wharf,
are the colonial-style shops
and waterfront restaurants

