The “Bad Boy” Book Genre was Born Here
A "human boy" BP Shillaber theorized, needs to find his own way to adulthood without parental interference
How and Why We Buried a Time Capsule in 1998
Portsmouth 375th was a bland affair, but we did our best
Primus Fowle Ran the First NH Printing Press
We have only snippets of Fowle's biography, all from white writers
Edward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man
Almost forgotten travel lecturer projected the world on the wall
Poet Foss Spoke for the Common Man
Not just a one-hit-wonder poet, but a gifted and comic poet
Inside My Media Morgue
Everybody thought we needed a new magazine, but nobody wanted to buy it
Lincoln Fans Trash Copperhead Newspaper Office in 1865
Editor Joshua Foster hated Abraham Lincoln. And he was not alone.
Inside the Comic “Carpet-Bag” of BP Shillaber
Rise and fall of the nation's first humor magazine
NH Published the First Illustrated Newspaper in 1839
Political cartoon from the WHIP & SPUR
Rambling on About Charles Brewster
The Portsmouth Journal editor was passionate about the past
Keeping Track of Seacoast Tourists in 1886
"The Sea Shore" listed the names of hotel guests each week. It died like many others.
How Old Was the Daily Times Building?
Before we rebuild it, let's get the date right.