Did NH Founders Bank on a Backchannel to the Great Lakes?
Historian Charles Deane suggests Portsmouth investors hope to do an end-run around French fur traders at the Great Lakes.
Making Joyful Noise with Jeff Landrock
Testing, testing...Jeff, can you still hear me?
Maude Trefethen: 51 Years in First Grade
She never met a child she didn't like
Four Centuries of Disappearing Cod
Shrinking fish size and shrinking fish stocks from the arrival of European fishers
Portsmouth’s Hard Times Token
Think of them as coupons made of metal. Kevin Lafond explains.
Rye Gets Transatlantic Cable in 1874
It used to be a privilege to speak with people across the sea.
Exhibition Illuminates Edmund C. Tarbell’s Legacy
Bringing the seacoast's premiere painter back to life
Making the Music Hall History Video
How to squish the 400-year evolution of local culture into 24 minutes
Comedy LP Roasted Aristotle Onassis in 1968
The not-so-funny comedy of the man who tried to destroy Seacoast New Hampshire
Portsmouth: The Life of a Town
My pick for best overall history of the city for kids until Portsmouth Time Machine
School days with Ike Partington, a Roguish Little Fellow
Being bad and being a boy is at the core of Portsmouth's literary tradition
Readers React to Rickover Report
The ghost of Admiral Rickover still radiates here amid the fallout of the USS Thresher disaster.