Murder of Natives in 1623 by Myles Standish Shocked New England
Deadly encounter with "Captain Shrimp" is key to NH founding story
Driving Off Corrupt Royal Governor Cranfield
Greedy, power hungry, vindictive, or just doing his job?
Seacoast NH: Unsettled Since 1623
Just because it's carved in granite, doesn't make it true
The Abduction of Mehitable Goodwin
Kidnapped to Canada in 1690, she found her way home
What Was Seacoast Life Like in the 1600s?
Inside a costly, carefully created exhibition (now a book) that dared to explain our complex past
NH Artifacts Sold to Museums
Seeing inside one of our early mansions requires a road trip
Giant Hooks for Giant Cod
A reminder from the Isles of Shoals that New England was founded by fishers and their investors
New Castle Breaks Up With Portsmouth in 1693
The 1893 bicentennial reminds us that New Castle was the original heart of colonial New Hampshire
Portsmouth was a Failed Mining Colony
New Hampshire historians have been getting our origin story wrong
Seacoast Quakers Tortured by Puritans
Puritans believed in religious freedom, but only for themselves.