Why Was Salem Known For It

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The Salem Witch Trials, and the tourist industry and the neopagan community that've grown up around it. The biggest Halloween celebration on the planet, which now lasts all October long. Those are probably what most people think of. But Salem was also the home of Nathaniel Hawthorne -- the House of Seven Gables is here, as is the Customs House that Hawthorne was working in when he supposedly discovered the embroidered "A" that inspired The Scarlet Letter.

A double execution.Salem has a long history of public executions in its early pioneer days. Murder and debauchery were common occurrences through the mid 1800s, and crimes were punished to the highest order of law.But none of the executions were as infamous as the double hanging of George Baker and George Beale on May 17, 1865.Daniel Delaney was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head on January 9, 1865. There was one witness to what happened: Jack DeWolf, a twelve year old boy who lived with Delaney.Baker and Beale knew that Delaney had several thousands of dollars worth of gold coins in his home from the sale of cattle. They drove up to the 71 year old man’s house on a Sunday evening, their faces darkly painted to resemble African American complexion, and asked for directions to the home of one of Delaney’s sons. When he stepped outside he was shot between the eyes. As he fell another shot was fired at the back of his head with a pistol.The assailants were arrested on January 14 with the help of the witness statement of DeWolf were convicted of the crimes.While the murder was an upset to the community, the news of the double hanging drew widespread attention.People drove from all local counties to attend the executions. Some walked for miles on foot. Children attended and families brought lunches to picnic along the shore of the river to witness the procession. All told, it is estimated that over 1,000 were in attendance.It is uncertain if a city-wide holiday was declared on that day, but many later reported that they had attended as school children.While being led up to the gallows, Beale spit on David Delaney, one of Daniel’s sons.At the time of the dropping from the scaffold, many fell ill at the sight.No cemeteries in Salem would accept the bodies of the pair.However, an old pioneer by the name of Daniel Waldo offered his property for interment, proclaiming that all men, good and bad, were entitled to six feet of earth.There wouldn't be another execution for 20 years.Source: THE HANGING OF UNCLE GEORGEPhoto: The location where the scaffolding was built along Pringles Creek (http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/02/double_hanging_for_pioneers_mu.html)

Probably because they were among the last to take place. Trials for witchcraft in Britain fizzled in the early 18th century, after being pretty frequent throughout the 17th century and reaching a peak in the 1640s during the English Civil War.James I and VI was pretty interested in witchcraft and had conducted some pretty hair raising trials while still just King of Scotland and in 1604 he made it possible to try people for witchcraft in ordinary courts, not just Church courts.But towards the end of the century growing rationalism and declining superstition led to a decline in the idea that witchcraft was a real phenomenon. The last trials in England were a bit of an isolated outbreak of hysteria centered on Leicester in 1717. The actual laws against witchcraft weren’t repealed until 1736, but hadn’t been used for nearly two decades before that.The Salem trials also involved a lot of executions and deaths in jail. There had been plenty of executions in England - 1 in 5 cases ended terminally for the accused - but mass hangings had AFAIK not been known since the Pendle Witch case in 1612, which resulted in ten. Salem with 25 dead was a big toll by any standards.Witch trials were still going on back in the mother country to the colony of Massachusetts, but even so the hysteria and mayhem around the Salem case must have felt like a bit of a throwback to the early part of the century.

Tobacco. The RJ Reynolds tobacco company was founded there in the late 1800’s and continues to headquartered there even though it now a part of British American tobacco. (You have probably heard of Winston, Salem, and Camel tobacco brands.) North Carolina is the leading producer of tobacco in the US and has been since colonial times.It is also a major furniture hub. NC was also a leading furniture manufacturer for most of the century and many major companies were located within an hour of the city. Less furniture is produced there now but it is still a big presence. The High Point furniture market (High Point is a bedroom community to Winston-Salem) is held yearly and it is largest trade show dedicated to furniture in the world.