Mark Twain Loved Thomas Bailey Aldrich but Hated His Wife and Portsmouth
Nobody, Twain mused in 1908, would visit a George Washington memorial if it were located in the decrepit town of Portsmouth
Myles Standish Speaks Out on Death of NH’s First Settler
Pilgrim enforcer breaks his silence on the disappearance of David Thompson in 1627
The Truth about Bricks and Mortar
Mason John Wastrom says we may be hurting the buildings we're trying to save
The Perils of Privateer Andrew Sherburne
He went from supporting to whole family to rotting in an English prison camp
The Agony and the Ecstasy of James Kennard Jr
"Yet we have never known a happier person," Rev. Peabody wrote
Stamp Act Agent Burned in Effigy
Why would young George Meserve even want to collect taxes in 1765?
1886 Ice Storm Photos Frozen in Time
Victorians didn't miss electricity or wi-fi but worried about the symmetry of damaged shade trees
The Many Homes of Daniel Webster
Webster made a lot of real estate deals, four in Portsmouth, NH
Lincoln Fans Trash Copperhead Newspaper Office in 1865
Editor Joshua Foster hated Abraham Lincoln. And he was not alone.
Writing Ruth Blay’s Tragic Tale
"I was so filled with anger and sorrow about what had happened to this woman."
Victorian Bicycles on the Water
Major David Urch and his aquacyclists pedal on the Piscataqua River
The UFO Romance of Betty and Barney Hill
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 …