The Founding of Salem: City of Peace by Benjamin W ShallopIn the 1620s the land that would one day become the Massachusetts North Shore was a harsh frontier. Native Americans, fishermen, and religious exiles struggled to survive while speculators strived to profit off the vast resources of this New World. Out of the disease, greed, and chaos of the era would emerge one of the most unique cities in the world. Learn how a working class salter named Roger Conant became the first governor of Massachusetts and