Alex Herlihy Talks About His History of Rye, NH
120 years after Rev. Parsons, a new history of a seacoast town debuts.
John Robinson: The Last Sound Ranger
“We weren’t there to battle anyone. We were there to run an experiment.”
Enslaved Runaway Ona Judge Staines
An amazing story of courage and defiance in 1796 by history researcher Evelyn Gerson.
Betty and Barney Hill Debate UFOs with Carl Sagan in 1967
The Hills bravely take on a prestigious panel of dubious scientists
Chef Haller’s Love Letter to Portsmouth
It all started with a hotdog at Gilley's
Portsmouth and Dover Still Feuding Over 1623
Wait a minute. Before you start designing your company float for the city’s next anniversary celebration, answer this question: Was Portsmouth actually founded in 1623? And no, that big rock with the carved date at the foot of Market Street does not prove a thing. Rocks can lie. Historians …
The Lost Interview with Historian Dorothy Vaughan, Part 1
In 1969, Charles B. Hosmer asked the president of Strawbery Banke Museum about the dawning days of Portsmouth preservation
How Mr. Fields Saved “The Scarlet Letter”
Without Mr. Fieldsm you might never have written the term paper
Let’s Create a Portsmouth Cultural Center
A 2007 grassroots effort saved the Old Library from being sold off by he city
The Sleepwalking Murder of Sally Cochran
Abraham Prescott was not guilty of murder, he claimed, because he was asleep at the time.
Why Eileen Foley is Beloved
Elected eight times at Portsmouth, NH mayor
How Maine Killed the Death Penalty
Wavering at first, Mainers ended capital punishment in 1887