Understanding the Portsmouth African Burying Ground
I happened to be among those passing the intersection of Chestnut and Court streets
Tracking the Elusive “Daniel Boone” of New Hampshire
Even local historians stare back blankly when asked about Estwick Evans.
Last Letter from Hog Island
Inside the mind of 12-year-old Celia Thaxter
Burned Building was Once “Newspaper Row”
The 2017 fire scarred the historic corner of State and Pleasant streets and almost took out my old aparemtn!
Two Women by the Sea
The woman on the left wears the old New Castle, NH hotel like an epaulet on her shoulder.
Boatbuilders Return to Strawbery Banke Museum
We were a boat-building city. As early as 1690 Portsmouth was making large wooden ships.
A Few Quick Shark Tales
The demon of the deep has been kind to the NH seacaost
An Amazing Animal Farm Movie Collection
Australian collector taps into strange totalitarian cartoon
Yes, That Was Me on Fox TV
Publicity is publicity, right? So I agreed to appear on Boston Fox
Warner House Lightning Rod Legend Lives On
Ben Franklin was in town at the time
Little Lynx Launched in Portsmouth Pond
By J. Dennis Robinson I missed the launch of the $3 million Privateer Lynx in Rockport, Maine in October 2001. It was an incredible event, I hear, with thousands of cheering spectators. I interviewed people who were on the scene for my book, America’s Privateer: Lynx and the War of 1812. Ten years …