Arkham

Arkham, Massachusetts Founded in 1640 by Hiram Smith. A free thinker that sought to escape what he saw as the stifling conformity that was Boston. One of the results of this was that he didn't center the town on a Church, one wasn't even built until 1646. Instead he built a school that would later become Miskatonic University. Many a churchman has blamed this 'oversight' for the troubles the town has seen since. They might have a point.
Arkham suffered the fallout of the American Revolution. The British camped in the town for most of the war until Boston was abandoned. They damaged the college considerably with loutish looting and vandalism.
By the mid nineteenth century it was a quiet college town with little happening outside of the university. And rumored but never confirmed occult happenings (But we don't talk about that). It was heavily marked in the Civil war when nearly half its sons were killed at Cold Harbor.
The town was devastated by a typhoid outbreak in 1905. 147 people died of the illness. However the 1918 flu passed it over.
Much of the town life centers around the University, Other notable institutions in Arkham are the Arkham Historical Society and the Arkham Sanitarium.
Arkham's main newspaper is the Arkham Advertiser, which has a healthy circulation. In the 1880s, its newspaper is called the Arkham Gazette.
Arkham’s most notable characteristics are its gambrel roofs.
==Bureau File==
Where to start.... Arkham is an Area of interest. No one questions that one. Miskatonic University is the main reason for this. The town is also a ley line intersection. Stuff is bound to happen there.
Of primary concern is during the late 17th Century the town was a hotbed of taint activity. Something brought under control by the College. The University is both a matter of concern and one of the stalwart defenders against evil.
There is no team assigned ot the area. The faculty of Miskatonic University are the main fallback.
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