The Smiths and the Strawbery Guild
Museum founders initially feared the rich would profit from Portsmouth's historic sites.
Hillary Clinton Spotted at Yoken’s in 1992
Critical moments in the Bill Clinton presidential campaign played out in the Granite State
The Shameful Fame of Blackface Entertainment
NH not immune from what Frederick Douglass called "the filthy scum of white society"
Tanker Crashes at Pease AFB in 1964
The plane took off at 2:26 pm at a speed of 130 mph and rose only a few hundred feet
Good News from Reverend Gooding
Unitarian minister loved people, Portsmouth, and the past
The Graphic Life of Robert Squier
The artist behind the Portsmouth Time Machine, Bunker Hill Time Machine, and many more.
When Presidents Come to Portsmouth
From the celebrated arrival of George Washington, half of America's presidents have stopped in Portsmouth, NH
John Albee: Confessions of a New Castle Historian
Albee's obscure memoir, "Confessions of Boyhood," is now among my favorite books.
Portsmouth’s Many Old Custom Houses
For the record, this is not where we hid the dreaded delivery of British tea in 1774
Legend of the Bos’n Allan House
It was only a myth, and then they tore it down, but the postcards are everywhere.
A Hasty History of Prescott Park
My brief overview created for the Prescott Park Arts Festival
Pat Paulsen for President in NH
"Guns are not the problem. The problem is bullets.” -- Pat Paulsen on the campaign trail