The Day History Died
Hundreds of souls lost in minutes as vandals destroy Civil War glass negatives
The Miracle of Three Christmas Fires
1802, 1806, and 1813 saw the city swallowed in flame
Inside the Comic “Carpet-Bag” of BP Shillaber
Rise and fall of the nation's first humor magazine
The Tarnished Tale of Robert Rogers
From fierce fighter and effective commander to abandoning spouse and traitor.
The Forgotten Hilarity of Henry Clay Barnabee
He was, he modestly claimed, the funniest man in the world.
Barnabee Between the Acts Tobacco Card
Like baseball cards, but for actorsm and no bubble gum
Horrific Boon Island Tragedy Has Portsmouth Connection
A terrible wreck, stranded at sea, a legal scandal, and, oh yes, cannibalism
FB-111A Jet Bomber Crashes at Portsmouth in 1981
"The good Lord was nice to us," a resident reported when no one was killed.
TV Stars Stump for Barry Goldwater
Republican actors on the campaign trail in 1964
NH Published the First Illustrated Newspaper in 1839
Political cartoon from the WHIP & SPUR
The Oxford Novelty Vaudeville Company Onstage
The sign on the far right was the clue to this curious group
The Girl Who Saved Warner House
She saved a 1716 architectural gem from becoming a gas station.