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- 10:28, 30 June 2025 Morris, Robert (hist | edit) [619 bytes] Jstrom (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Robert Morris was a trailblazing attorney, abolitionist, and civil rights advocate Category: Browse Index Category: People ==See Also==")
- 12:38, 17 June 2025 Salem High School (hist | edit) [1,039 bytes] Jstrom (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Salem High School''' was built in 1975-6 and opened on Willson Street in January of 1976. The pre-cast concrete and brick building cost $18 and replaced the old building on Highland Ave. that had been built in 1908-9. Later that school was remodeled to be used as Collins Middle School. A total of 1,968 students were enrolled. The students were separated into three small high school groups or "houses" on each floor of the academic wing which was formed around a cen...")
- 12:12, 9 June 2025 Dickson, Walter Scott (hist | edit) [1,498 bytes] Jstrom (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Walter Scott Dickson'''(Nov.3, 1831- May 10, 1900) Walter S. Dickson was born in Salem Nov. 3, 1831, and educated in the public schools. At the age of 21 he went to the Pacific coast and remained for some years. Returning home, he engaged in the express business, but later was prominently identified with the leather business. He was in the Salem Common Council in 1873-74 and in the aldermen in 1883. He was well known for his benefactions, among the latter being a r...")
- 18:53, 3 April 2025 Pickering School (hist | edit) [893 bytes] Jstrom (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pickering School''' (now, as condominiums renamed Pickering North), at 181 North Street was build in 1893 as a two-story brick building. In 1911, an annex was constructed to the rear of the original schoolhouse, designed by architect William D. Dennis of North Salem. In 1919 a stone boulder with plaque was dedicated in the schoolyard in appreciation of the service rendered by 360 young men and women of North Salem in World War I. 181 North Street is the larger of...")
