Taft, Graft, and a Bull Moose in 1912
Politics and prostitutes in Portsmouth
Wayfinding in Market Square circa 1910
Welcome to Portsmouth. Here's how you get out of here.
Great Caesar’s Ghost Honored in NH
Vicky Avery reports on the Caesar Brackett burial site in Greenland, NH
Climbing to Boar’s Head Inn
A high point in an otherwise sealevel scene overlooking Hampton Beach, NH
Living with the Ghost of Ichabod Goodwin
When your house is haunted by history--write a book about it.
First Blacks of Portsmouth, Part 2
Through the American Revolution and into the 19th century
The Many Doors of Harry Harlow
Historian Richard Candee honors the work of artist Harry Harlow
Celia Thaxter Sold Typewriters
Writers have come a long way since 1887, more or less.
The Men in “The Tent on the Beach” by Whittier
A beach, a poem, and three writers in a tent in 1867
Folsom Tavern Has a Moving History
A dozen uses later, Exeter's historic tavern is a museum at last
First Blacks of Portsmouth, Part 1
Historian Valerie Cunningham explores the origins of black lives in early New Hampshire
A Brush with the Shaggs
A chat with Dot Wiggin of the Seacoast-based sister band that reinvented music