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1886 Ice Storm Photos Frozen in Time

by J. Dennis Robinson

Victorians didn't miss electricity or wi-fi but worried about the symmetry of damaged shade trees

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The Many Homes of Daniel Webster

by J. Dennis Robinson

Webster made a lot of real estate deals, four in Portsmouth, NH

Read moreThe Many Homes of Daniel Webster

Lincoln Fans Trash Copperhead Newspaper Office in 1865

by J. Dennis Robinson

Editor Joshua Foster hated Abraham Lincoln. And he was not alone.

Read moreLincoln Fans Trash Copperhead Newspaper Office in 1865

Writing Ruth Blay’s Tragic Tale

by J. Dennis Robinson

"I was so filled with anger and sorrow about what had happened to this woman."

Read moreWriting Ruth Blay’s Tragic Tale

Victorian Bicycles on the Water

by J. Dennis Robinson

Major David Urch and his aquacyclists pedal on the Piscataqua River

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The UFO Romance of Betty and Barney Hill

by J. Dennis Robinson

NOTE: This is an abridged version of an article that appeared in the University of New Hampshire alumni magazine in 2007. No one can prove or disprove that this New Hampshire couple was taken aboard an alien spacecraft. Believes will believe, skeptics will not. But we can all agree that Betty and …

Read moreThe UFO Romance of Betty and Barney Hill

Dartmouth Conceived as an Indian School

by J. Dennis Robinson

Two Portsmouth figures created and saved Dartmouth College

Read moreDartmouth Conceived as an Indian School

Going Crazy in Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Baha'i school founder Sarah Jane Farmer isolated in local clinic

Read moreGoing Crazy in Portsmouth

Tracking Passaconaway

by J. Dennis Robinson

Indigenous leader still a mystery

Read moreTracking Passaconaway

Save the Seal, Keep the Ship

by J. Dennis Robinson

NH Legislators should study up before trashing Seacoast history

Read moreSave the Seal, Keep the Ship

The Coffins Under the Street

by J. Dennis Robinson

Did Portsmouth's "Negro Burying Ground"
fall victim to early commercial expansion?

Read moreThe Coffins Under the Street

Buried Treasure in Little Harbor?

by J. Dennis Robinson

The rumors in 1882 boosted attendance at the Wentworth Hotel nearby

Read moreBuried Treasure in Little Harbor?
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