By trolley through eastern New England . J ^4 . , 1^. iH^l-^^n^ 152 BY TROLLEY THROUGH BRANCH LINES FROM SALEM SALEM TO SALEM WILLOWS, LAWRENCE, MIDDLE-TON, NORTH ANDOVER, MARBLEHEAD, PEABODY,DANVERS AND LAWRENCE Salem, so rich in historical features and once thecentre of the witchcraft delusion, is so teeming withinducements that it more than repays the visitor in its bitsof history which have been so carefully preserved. It is the terminusof manybranch linesthat passthroughbeautifulcount r linegoes toSalem Wil-lows, a veryi nterestingride. SalemWillows is agreat sea-shore resort
By trolley through eastern New England . J ^4 . , 1^. iH^l-^^n^ 152 BY TROLLEY THROUGH BRANCH LINES FROM SALEM SALEM TO SALEM WILLOWS, LAWRENCE, MIDDLE-TON, NORTH ANDOVER, MARBLEHEAD, PEABODY,DANVERS AND LAWRENCE Salem, so rich in historical features and once thecentre of the witchcraft delusion, is so teeming withinducements that it more than repays the visitor in its bitsof history which have been so carefully preserved. It is the terminusof manybranch linesthat passthroughbeautifulcount r linegoes toSalem Wil-lows, a veryi nterestingride. SalemWillows is agreat sea-shore resortwith manyattractions, the most popular of which is the doublerow of willows from which it takes its name. LeavingSalem, the car passes the East India Marine Hall andthe Essex Institute, coming to Salem with water onboth sides. Nearing the Willows, the city farm is passedon the right, and on the left is the hospital, beyond whichare the ruins of old Eort Lee, built in 1699. Opposite thecove are the ruins of old Fort Pickering and Winter. Fountain Inn and Agnes Surrage Well, Marblehead EASTERN NEW ENGLAND 153 Island, occupied by the Plummer Farm School and thegovernment. Other branch lines from Salem run to Mar-blehead, Peabody, Danvers and Lawrence. From Salem a branch line runs through without changeto Lawrence, by way of Danvers and North Andover, andon this line will be found much of scenic and historicalinterest. The car taken runs out past the Golf Clubgrounds to South Peabody and then to Middleton, a ruraltown incorporated in 1728. In this town is MiddletonPond, a beautifulsheet of watercovering one hun-dred acres. FromMiddleton the carruns into NorthAndover, which isfull of historichouses. Here wereonce the homes ofAnne Bradstreet,the first poet ofthe Merrimac Val-ley; Hon. MoodyBridges
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