• Skip to main content
  • Skip to site footer
seacoasthistory-logo-official-cut

SeacoastHistory

Notes from America's Smallest Seacoast

  • Home
  • About
  • Features
  • Vintage Pics
  • As I Please
  • My Books
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Features
  • Vintage Pics
  • As I Please
  • My Books
  • Contact

J. Dennis Robinson

The Day Abbie Hoffman Smoked My Life

by J. Dennis Robinson

CAMPUS CHAOS May 5, 1970 When you stand too close to history, sometimes all you see is smoke. That’s how it was for many University of New Hampshire students the day after the Kent State shootings when American colleges were set to explode. In the middle of the chaos, three members of the …

Read moreThe Day Abbie Hoffman Smoked My Life

1900 Fannie Sprague Murder Still Unsolved

by J. Dennis Robinson

Did Edwin Knight get away with murder?

Read more1900 Fannie Sprague Murder Still Unsolved

1774: The Revolution Has Already Begun in NH

by J. Dennis Robinson

Thugs, taxes, tar, and tea mark the year before the official American Revolution began

Read more1774: The Revolution Has Already Begun in NH

Pomp and Candace Spring’s House on Black Heritage Trail

by J. Dennis Robinson

A glimpse inside the home of a free African couple from New Hampshire

Read morePomp and Candace Spring’s House on Black Heritage Trail

Black History Matters: The Gold Dust Twins

by J. Dennis Robinson

Popular advertising promotes racist stereotypes well into the 21st century

Read moreBlack History Matters: The Gold Dust Twins

New Castle Breaks Up With Portsmouth in 1693

by J. Dennis Robinson

The 1893 bicentennial reminds us that New Castle was the original heart of colonial New Hampshire

Read moreNew Castle Breaks Up With Portsmouth in 1693

Thoughts on Esther Buffler, Our First Poet Laureate

by J. Dennis Robinson

Words don't do her justice

Read moreThoughts on Esther Buffler, Our First Poet Laureate

The Imaginary Adventures of John Paul Jones

by J. Dennis Robinson

Not a dime novel, but a nickel weekly--stirring adventures for boys

Read moreThe Imaginary Adventures of John Paul Jones

Folk Artist Rose Labrie

by J. Dennis Robinson

“New Hampshire’s Grandma Moses”

Read moreFolk Artist Rose Labrie

Loved the 1980s, But Can’t Go Back

by J. Dennis Robinson

The times they are a-changing, so get over it.

Read moreLoved the 1980s, But Can’t Go Back

An Explosion of Artifacts from Hart’s Cove

by J. Dennis Robinson

"If it wasn’t for the Piscataqua, Boston wouldn’t really have existed."

Read moreAn Explosion of Artifacts from Hart’s Cove

The Negro League Collection of Joe Calliro

by J. Dennis Robinson

A lifetime of collecting, teaching, and admiring Black baseball pioneers

Read moreThe Negro League Collection of Joe Calliro
  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 31
  • Page 32
  • Page 33
  • Page 34
  • Page 35
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 38
  • Next

Sidebar

Categories

As I Please

Features

My Books

Vintage Pics

Please Visit Our Sponsors

Portsmouth Historical Society

Strawbery Banke Museum

Wentworth by the Sea

NH Humanities

The Music Hall

Piscataqua Savings Bank

Portsmouth Athenaeum

Seacoast Science Center

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

Blog Categories

  • Features
  • Vintage Pics
  • As I Please

Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions

Contact
Find on Facebook

Copyright © 2026 · J.Dennis Robinon/Harbortown Press · All Rights Reserved