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Dartmouth Conceived as an Indian School

by J. Dennis Robinson

Two Portsmouth figures created and saved Dartmouth College

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Save the Seal, Keep the Ship

by J. Dennis Robinson

NH Legislators should study up before trashing Seacoast history

Read moreSave the Seal, Keep the Ship

Snowshoe Shenanigans at UNH in ’63

by Vintage Pics

10 years later, there was little fun to be had

Read moreSnowshoe Shenanigans at UNH in ’63

Busting Seacoast Ghosts in 1872 and 1912

by Vintage Pics

A light in Portsmouth's South End and
a "vapory" Newburyport boy

Read moreBusting Seacoast Ghosts in 1872 and 1912

How Aristotle Came to Portsmouth

by Vintage Pics

The spirit of public education blossomed in the American lyceum era.

Read moreHow Aristotle Came to Portsmouth

Photo Day at One-Room Plains Schoolhouse

by Vintage Pics

All in our places with bright shining faces

Read morePhoto Day at One-Room Plains Schoolhouse

The Day Abbie Hoffman Smoked My Life

by J. Dennis Robinson

CAMPUS CHAOS May 5, 1970 When you stand too close to history, sometimes all you see is smoke. That’s how it was for many University of New Hampshire students the day after the Kent State shootings when American colleges were set to explode. In the middle of the chaos, three members of the …

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School days with Ike Partington, a Roguish Little Fellow

by Vintage Pics

Being bad and being a boy is at the core of Portsmouth's literary tradition

Read moreSchool days with Ike Partington, a Roguish Little Fellow

Hamilton Smith, We Hardly Knew Ye

by J. Dennis Robinson

Turns out he's a real person, not just a building at UNH

Read moreHamilton Smith, We Hardly Knew Ye
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