The Rise and Fall of Sparhawk Hall
A surviving colonial cabinet tells tales of a lost Seacoast mansion
The “Kittery Kid” Rides Again
Add Fred Pray to the genre of seacoast Bad boys Tom Bailey, Plupy Shute, and Ike Partington
How Maine Killed the Death Penalty
Wavering at first, Mainers ended capital punishment in 1887
Where Kittery Got Its Name
A New England town named after a house in Devon, England
Living with the Ghost of Ichabod Goodwin
When your house is haunted by history--write a book about it.
Remembering Rock Rest in Kittery
Historian Valerie Cunningham recalls the summer venue for black travelers
Sally Wood was First Maine Novelist
Did Dan Brown borrow her Illuminati novel idea?
With Apologies to Kittery
Much of the history Portsmouth, NH claims really belongs to Maine
William Dean Howells Loved Kittery Point
"What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending."--WDH
York Indian Legend Has Canadian Origin?
Sometimes a myth turns out to be a fact
Sarah Orne Jewett of Maine
A fine writing legeacy and fine Georgian home in South Berwick, ME
Heavenly Days at the Hellish Portsmouth Naval Prison
Rod Watterson's "Whips to Walls" explored Portsmouth Naval Prison History