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Name: Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA
Address: Salisbury, MA, USA

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Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Before the colonists settled there, Salisbury was the home of the Pennacook tribe of Native Americans. It is estimated that anywhere between 3,000-12,000 Pennacook (the exact number is unclear and often debated) lived in the surrounding Merrimack Valley area where they used the Merrimack River as their primary mode of transportation.
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This town, bordered by the Merrimack River and the Atlantic Ocean, originally named Colchester, was incorporated as Salisbury in 1640.
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Salisbury includes: Cushing, Rings Island, Salisbury Beach, and Salisbury Plains.

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1638 - Salisbury is settled

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1639 - Salisbury is incorporated

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1839 - Salisbury
Salisbury, Massachusetts
Essex county. In 1638 this town was granted, by the name of Merrimack, to be a plantation, unto Simon Bradstreet, Daniel Dennison, and others. The year following it was incorporated by the name of Colchester, and in 1640 assumed, by direction of the then general court, the ...Read MORE...
1845 - SALISBURY. [Pop. 2,739. Inc. 1639.]
This town, which once included Amesbury, was named from Salisbury in England, whence the first minister came.

It is the most northeasterly town in the State, and lies on the north bank of the Merrimack, over which is an excellent bridge connecting it with Newburyport.

Its chief...Read MORE...
1854 - Salisbury
Salisbury, a post-township in Essex co., Massachusetts, intersected by the Eastern railroad, 38 miles N. by E. from Boston, contains several villages, a bank and a savings' institution. Pop., 3100.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1866 - In 1866, Beach Road was constructed across Great Marsh, providing access to the town's five miles of pristine beach.
It developed into a thriving summer resort, lined with hotels, restaurants, shops, cottages, arcades and amusement parks.
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Salisbury Massachusetts, 1890
Salisbury forms the northeastern extremity of Essex County and of the State. It is bounded on the east by the ocean, on the south by Newburyport, on the west by Amesbury, and on the north by Seabrook in New Hampshire. Its assessed area is 8,313 acres, of which some 1,500 are forest.

The land in...Read MORE...
The remains of the Jennie M. Carter, Salisbury Beach

Three-mast schooner carrying paving stones, washed up on the beach with "not a soul on board" in 1894.
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1895 - Salisbury / Salisbury Point / Salisbury Beach
Salisbury, or Salisbury Point, a post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Salisbury township, near the N. of the Merrimac River, adjacent to the village of Amesbury Ferry, on a branch of the Eastern Railroad, about 11 miles N.E. of Haverhill, and 24 miles N. of Salem. It contains a newspaper office,...Read MORE...
1896 - FIVE MEN IN THE RIGGING.
DARKNESS SHUT IN ON THE WRECK OF THE SCHOONER FLORIDA.
LIFE CREW WALKED TWELVE MILES IN THE STORM, BUT FAILED TO EFFECT A RESCUE - TWO BODIES CAME IN.

Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 9. - A three-masted schooner, supposed to be the Florida of New York, went ashore this afternoon off Salisbury...Read MORE...
U.S. Coast Guard Station, Salisbury Beach, Mass.
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"Ye olden times" Salisbury Beach, Mass.
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The Whip, Surf Theatre and Seaview Pavilion. Salisbury Beach, Mass.
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The Center. Salisbury Beach, Mass.
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The Center at Salisbury Beach, 1905
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Hotel Cushing and Pavilion, Salisbury Beach, 1905
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1906
Salisbury, a post-village of Essex co., Mass., in Salisbury township (town), near the N. bank of the Merrimac River and on the Boston and Maine R., 11 miles NE. of Haverhill. It is connected by bridge with Newburyport. Salisbury town has some manufactures. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1558.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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Carr's Ice Cream

Kensington, New Hampshire, sketches and reminiscences by Mace, Ida M Published 1909
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Montgomery Dance Hall
Salisbury Beach
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Cushing School
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Round Dance Hall, Salisbury Beach, 1910
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(Salisbury Beach) A carousel called The Flying Horses, hand carved by Charles I. D. Looff, was installed in 1914.
John Miller built The Sky Rocket, the beach's first roller coaster. A Dodgem ride, originally built by Max and Harold Stoeher of Methuen, operated at Salisbury Beach in one form or another from 1920 to 1980. Major entertainers provided concerts, including Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis...Read MORE...
Going Up, on the Giant Thriller, roller coaster, Salisbury Beach
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The Center, Salisbury Beach, 1920
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The New Associate's Building
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Ocean Echo from Beach, Salisbury Beach
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New Theatre, Salisbury Beach
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Post Office Building, Willey's Candy Shop, Salisbury Beach
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Henry's Tourist Court and Motel
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George's Deluxe Cabins

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