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In reply to the discussion: Salem Witch Trials documents and other records [View all]wnylib
(21,146 posts)the website. It is called: Raid on Deerfield, the Many stories of 1704.
I have not yet visited Deerfield, but before the pandemic, they had commercialized their history, similar to colonial Williamsburg, VA, but not as extensively. There is a museum with artifacts from the period of the raid and you could tour some of the houses that remain from that time, or duplicates of them. There were people in period costumes to explain or demonstrate lifestyles from 18th century Deerfield.
They are probably all closed now, due to the pandemic.
This raid is well known among Deefield descendants who, like myself, discover it during genealogy research. It is also known to people who study the colonial history of New England. Some descendants remained in the Deerfield area for generations. Most moved west over the Appalachians after the Revolution and founded small towns in northwestern PA, western NY, and eastern Ohio. After reading books on the raid, I recognized surnames from my home town of Erie, PA and now, in a small western NY city.