Salem - In the United States of America. Salem, Alabama Salem, Arkansas Salem, Connecticut Salem, Georgia Salem, Illinois Salem, Indiana Salem, Iowa Salem, Kentucky Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts, site of much of the proceedings of the Salem witch trials Salem Village, now named Danvers, Massachusetts, home of many of the accused in the Salem witch trials New Salem, Massachusetts Salem ...

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Salem is located at 37°17'12" North, 80°3'21" West (37.286895, -80.055836)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.8 km² (14.6 mi²). None of the area is covered with water. ...

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'Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King, written in 1975. It was King's second published novel, and of all his early works, this novel has had the largest influence on his later works. The book was adapted into a 1979 TV movie of the same name. A sequel to that movie, A Return to 'Salem's Lot, was made in 1987. A TV movie based more closely on the novel than the original film was made in 2004. Previously, King had written a short story called "Jerusalem's Lot". The theme of that earlier story is diff ...

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August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 134 days remaining. August 19 - Events. 293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus Libitina founded on the Esquiline Hill; institution of Vinalia Rustica begins. 1561 - Queen Mary Stuart returns to Scotland. 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. 1745 - ...

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Wonders of the Invisible World was a book published in 1693 by Cotton Mather, defending both belief in witchcraft as an evil magical power, and Mather's own role in the witchhunt conducted in Salem, Massachusetts. Its arguments are largely derivative of Sadducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvill. A copy of Glanvill's book was in Mather's library when he died. ...

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1692 - Events. February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. June 7 - Earthquake destroys Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges major part of it - estimated 1000-3000 dead, 23000 injured June 10 - Salem Witch Trials: three women, including Bridget Bishop, hanged for witchcraft. August 19 - Salem Witch Trials: three women and four men are hanged fo ...

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Collective hysteria, or mass hysteria, is the sociopsychological phenomenon of the manifestation of the same hysterical symptoms by more than one person. It may begin when a group witness an individual becoming hysterical during a traumatic or extremely stressful event. A potential symptom is group nausea, in which a person becoming violently ill triggers a similar reaction in other group members. Examples include certain cases of rioting and frenzy, and accidents in which people act "irrati ...

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Salem was founded around 1626 by a company of fishermen led by Roger Conant. He was later supplanted by the governor sent by the Massachusetts Bay Company, John Endicott. At the time of the Salem witch trials, the present day city of Salem was named "Salem Town". Most of the accused in the trials lived in the nearby "Salem Village", which is now named Danvers, Massachusetts. In 1790, Salem was the sixth largest city in the country. Large par ...

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} The term witch trial generally refers a legal action taken during a period in European history from around 1450 to the mid-18th century, during which it was common for accusations of malicious, harmful, and Satanic witchcraft to be taken seriously, often resulting in loss of reputation, imprisonment, torture, and execution of the accused in Europe and to a lesser extent the European colonies. Scholarly estimates of the numbers of people executed for witchcraft during this period range around 40,000, with high estimates reachi ...

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Europeans first explored the area of Salem in the 1670s. Fort Lewis, named for General Andrew Lewis of what is now Roanoke county was constructed to the west of the town in 1752. The town grew up as a small settlement serving travelers on the Great Road and was officially founded in 1802, though it received its charter in 1806. The Virginia Collegiate Institute, later Roanoke College, arrived in 1847. Salem was attacked twice during the American Civil War, but its Salem Flying Artillery was said to have f ...

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The Native American name for the area was Chemeketa, which means "meeting or resting place." The name "Chemeketa" is preserved as the name of the local community college, Chemeketa Community College. The first white settlement in the area was the Jason Lee mission in 1840. In 1842, the missionaries established the Oregon Institute (the forerunner of Willamette University) in the area that was to become the first townsite of Salem. In 1844 the mission was dissolved and the townsite established. It is uncertain who chose the name for th ...

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The city's focus is primarily governmental, but it serves as a hub for the farming communities and is one of the largest centers of food processing in the nation. It lies along the I-5 corridor and is within an hour's drive of Portland. In a bid to diversify its economic base, Salem attracted a number of computer-related manufacturing plants in the 1990s. In November, 2003, the Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Group, one of these arrivals, closed their two silicon wafer plants at the end of 2004, eliminating 620 jobs, an ...

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Salem is located at 44°55'51" North, 123°1'44" West (44.931109, -123.029159)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 120.1 km² (46.4 mi²). 118.4 km² (45.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.35% water. ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 136,924 people, 50,676 households, and 32,331 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,156.1/km² (2,994.0/mi²). There are 53,817 housing units at an average density of 454.4/km² (1,176.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 83.07% White, 1.28% African American, 1.51% Native American, 2.41% Asian, 0.47% Pacific Islander, 7.90% from other races, and 3.36% from two or more races. 14.59% of the p ...

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Besides the state capital, Salem is the home of Willamette University, the Mission Mill Museum, and the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a minor league baseball team. The BIA operates Chemawa Indian School, a Native American boarding school near Salem. Being the state capitol, Salem has a multitude of government agencies, departments and boards housed in buildings with architecture designs ranging from the early 20th century to examples of state-of-the-art civil building design. Bush's Pasture Park is a fine, large city park. Although the Willamette River flows along the western side of Salem, the North Santiam River ...

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In the article entitled Why the Salem Monthly?[1], editor and publisher A.P. Walther writes: We have created Salem Monthly to give our community exposure to local news, thought, and culture in the greater Salem area. We want to feature stories about what's going on in your area, to give you a sense of place. Salem is nestled in the beautiful Willamette Valley, a stone's throw away from towering mountains and a roaring ocean. We have many great cities and towns as our neighbors, and we are excit ...

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The area was first settled in 1652. As early as 1736, Salem was the "North Parish" of Methuen, Massachusetts, or "Methuen District." In 1741, when the boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was re-established, the "North Parish" became part of New Hampshire, and was given the name "Salem," taken from nearby Salem, Massachusetts. It was incorporated in 1750 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. In 1902, Canobie Lake Amusement Park was established in Salem by the Massachusetts Northeast Street Railway Company< ...

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Salem is located at 38°37'42" North, 88°56'53" West (38.628195, -88.948168)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.2 km² (6.3 mi²). 15.8 km² (6.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.56% water. ...

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