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Portsmouth Aqueduct Company Piped Water through Logs

by J. Dennis Robinson

Water flowed under city streets through hollowed out logs

Read morePortsmouth Aqueduct Company Piped Water through Logs

Seacoast Rejects Aristotle Onassis Oil Refinery in 1974

by J. Dennis Robinson

The three women who defeated the richest man in the world

Read moreSeacoast Rejects Aristotle Onassis Oil Refinery in 1974

HMS America Built Here in 1749

by J. Dennis Robinson

Oldest known model of a British ship built in America

Read moreHMS America Built Here in 1749

Rev. Andrew Peabody Protested 1847 War

by J. Dennis Robinson

The bells of one Portsmouth church did not ring out

Read moreRev. Andrew Peabody Protested 1847 War

Alemaker Frank Jones: Hero or Heel?

by J. Dennis Robinson

Despite great wealth, he did little for the common people.

Read moreAlemaker Frank Jones: Hero or Heel?

Carl Austin Hyatt: In Search of the Soul of the World

by J. Dennis Robinson

“The indigenous people of the world know how the climate works," Hyatt says.

Read moreCarl Austin Hyatt: In Search of the Soul of the World

The Happy & Useful Life of W.H.Y. Hackett

by J. Dennis Robinson

Searching for ways to do good in the world

Read moreThe Happy & Useful Life of W.H.Y. Hackett

William Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals

by J. Dennis Robinson

Depressed or too infirm to save himself?

Read moreWilliam Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals

“Lewd Amusements” in Downtown Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Theater gets a rocky start in 18th-century Portsmouth

Read more“Lewd Amusements” in Downtown Portsmouth

On the Trail of Tom Thumb’s Carriage

by J. Dennis Robinson

How did Charles Stratton’s mini-coach end up at UNH?

Read moreOn the Trail of Tom Thumb’s Carriage

Seeking the Smuttynose Shipwrecked Spanish Sailors

by J. Dennis Robinson

14 bodies, silver bars, and a shipwreck? So far, no evidence.

Read moreSeeking the Smuttynose Shipwrecked Spanish Sailors

Harriet Ryan Albee Dedicated Her Life to Terminally Ill Women

by J. Dennis Robinson

An unsung Seacoast NH woman who died saving others

Read moreHarriet Ryan Albee Dedicated Her Life to Terminally Ill Women
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