The History of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in a Bottle
From sails to atoms is Portsmouth Shipyard motto
John Paul Jones in Portsmouth
250 years later, we're still talking about his visit
Humphrey Bogart and the Portsmouth Navy Prison Legend
It's easy to confuse reality with movies.
The Ballad of Jack Ringbolt
A rediscovered masterwork of horror, maritime history, and religious passion by the tortured pen of James Kennard, Jr.
The Day the Shipyard Burned
Warships, the first submarine, even a balloon were built at Franklin Shiphouse
Frozen Facts, Fake or Real?
ICE BREAKING NEWS: February 11, 1918
The Slave Trade in New Hampshire
Early research that evolved into the book Black Portsmouth.
Turkeygate: A Thanksgiving Scandal
Some stories never let go. I've been retelling this one for half a century.
Pierre Blanchard’s First Balloon Over NH in 1796
Historian James L. Garvin recaptures Portsmouth's first aerial phenomenon
Nathaniel Hawthorne: 10-Days at the Isles of Shoals in 1852
Arguably, the most compelling word-picture of life at the Shoals as tourism challenged two centuries of fishing culture
Two Monuments Honor the Man Who Named New England
Dueling John Smith Monuments on Star Island and Rye Harbor in 2014
With Apologies to Kittery
Much of the history Portsmouth, NH claims really belongs to Maine