Gallows Hill Park, Salem, traditionally believed to be where alleged witches were hung in 1692.
"Follow its lazy main street lounging
from the alms house to Gallows Hill
along a flat, unvaried surface
covered with wooden houses
aged by yellow drain
like the unhealthy hair of an old dog.
You'll walk to no purpose
in Hawthorne's Salem.''
-- From "Hawthorne,'' by Robert Lowell
