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The Murder Testimony of Maren Hontvet

by J. Dennis Robinson

A transcript of the very words that hanged Louis Wagner

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Hidden Rooms, Open Hearts

by J. Dennis Robinson

The secret sanctuary behind a smoky curtain

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Sam Allen Bought New Hampshire

by J. Dennis Robinson

For a quarter million dollars, he owned it all, or thought he did

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What About Seacoast Indigenous Peoples?

by J. Dennis Robinson

We're trying, but 12,000 years of Native history is still often ignored or stereotyped

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What Child is This?

by Vintage Pics

Frightened and anonymous in 1861

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What Lies Beneath “New Portsmouth”?

by J. Dennis Robinson

A controversial North End hotel dig yields ground-breaking colonial history

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Savoring the Emilio Experience

by J. Dennis Robinson

"It's an Emilio in itself."

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A Snowstorm Frozen in Time

by Vintage Pics

Compacting, not removing snow, using heavy logs dragged by oxen

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Why Writers Starve

by J. Dennis Robinson

The official introduction to the guidebook I never get around to writing

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City History Sold Off to Museums

by Vintage Pics

Portsmouth houses torn down, interiors sold to museums

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Frozen Facts, Fake or Real?

by Vintage Pics

ICE BREAKING NEWS: February 11, 1918

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When Noah’s Ark Stood on Daniel Street

by Vintage Pics

Before the controversial Brick Market, there wa The Ark on Daniel Street

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