Now Playing: The Troublesome Telephone in 1913
A photo slips out o file and a day of research follows
Snowshoe Shenanigans at UNH in ’63
10 years later, there was little fun to be had
L-8 Was First Portsmouth-built Submarine
A storied history of Piscataqua submarines begins in 1917
The Curvy Corset Cut-out Controversy
$10 back if the whale baleen in your corset snaps
The Last Poem of Caroline Jenness
A brilliant mind turned to poetry and pain
Hop on a Train to the Rockingham
We were easy to reach by railroad q century ago, but not anymore
NH Artifacts Sold to Museums
Seeing inside one of our early mansions requires a road trip
John G. Fuller Fueled 60s UFO Craze
With no luck on Broadway, Fuller turned to UFO potboilers
Mayor Dondero as a Young Woman
Portsmouth's first female mayor was the mother of the city's longest-serving mayor.
Fascinated by Harriet Livermore
Writer, evangelist, traveler, activist, and much more.
Seeking Photos of Walter Brooks
The man who kept two movie houses alive for decades
Tightening City Laws in 1860
No more swine pens or privies on the mill pond!