How Maine Killed the Death Penalty
Wavering at first, Mainers ended capital punishment in 1887
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
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?
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
Keys to Finding the First New Hampshire House
Despite new research, much of our early historians were wrong
Why George Savary Wasson Still Matters
Artist, carver, author, boat builder, writer, but Wasson just wanted to be one of the guys