This rail trail follows the Salisbury branch of the Eastern Railroad that connected the mills along the Powwow River to the main line. The branch started operation in 1848 and the last train rain in 1965.
The trail offers a peaceful multi-use . . . — — Map (db m205045) HM
Thomas Macy, first town clerk of Amesbury, erected this house prior to 1654. Persecuted for harboring Quakers he sold the house and fled to Nantucket, becoming the first white settler as related in Whittier's poem "The Exiles." — — Map (db m48772) HM
