Celia Thaxter’s Poem about a Norwegian Murder Victim
What can we learn from Celia Thaxter’s Norwegian poems?
The Truth About Ocean Born Mary
Another great pirate legend spoiled by the equally fascinating facts
The History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in a Bottle
From sails to atoms is Portsmouth Shipyard motto
Exeter Officer Eugene Bertrand on UFOs
Fifteen years after the Exeter UFO event, student journalists do their homework
John Paul Jones in Portsmouth
250 years later, we're still talking about his visit
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