The Ever-changing Story of South Meetinghouse
It may look like a church on a hill, but it's been recycled many times
Humphrey Bogart and the Portsmouth Navy Prison Legend
It's easy to confuse reality with movies.
The Ballad of Jack Ringbolt
A rediscovered masterwork of horror, maritime history, and religious passion by the tortured pen of James Kennard, Jr.
The Day the Shipyard Burned
Warships, the first submarine, even a balloon were built at Franklin Shiphouse
The Murder Testimony of Maren Hontvet
A transcript of the very words that hanged Louis Wagner
Sam Allen Bought New Hampshire
For a quarter million dollars, he owned it all, or thought he did
What About Seacoast Indigenous Peoples?
We're trying, but 12,000 years of Native history is still often ignored or stereotyped
What Lies Beneath “New Portsmouth”?
A controversial North End hotel dig yields ground-breaking colonial history
Where Kittery Got Its Name
A New England town named after a house in Devon, England
Jane Kaufmann: Life Plus Clay
Potter, painter, sculptor, author, satirist, philosopher, etc.
“March of Time” Redefined Broadcast News
Louis de Rochemont newsreels used fakery to dramatize facts
The Lost Interview with Historian Dorothy Vaughan, Part 2
A lost 1969 interview reveals the candid opinions and emotions of the city's original preservationist