Three US Naval Heroes Inside a Vacuum Tube
Jones, Perry, and Farragut all had ties to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Portland Burned, Portsmouth Spared in 1775
Captain Mowat torched 400 buildings and left 1,000 homeless
Longfellow’s “Lady Wentworth” of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
May-December romance or cringeworthy scandal?
Portsmouth Sailors on the Move in World War I
Naval Reserve facts from the back of a stereoview card
The 1892 Siege of Cedar Island
Shoaler news ripped from the pages of the Boston Globe
The Saga of the “Jenny Lind” Figurehead
Was it really attached to a Portsmouth-built clipper ship?
With Apologies to Kittery
Much of the history Portsmouth, NH claims really belongs to Maine
Where Kittery Got Its Name
A New England town named after a house in Devon, England
In 1895, Ben Frisbee Predicted the Future of Kittery
Be careful what you wish for
Did the Haddock Family Found Maine in 1610? Not Likely.
Family legends are often fueled by passion, not proof
Launching the First USS New Hampshire in 1864
It had lain in mothballs for 50 years before the Civil War created a supply crisis
The Bold Plan to Turn Portsmouth into a National Park
Two Kittery Point men pitched a“Maritime Village” project n in 1936