HISTORY

SEACOAST HISTORY
			As I Please Historical Societies Jesse James Films
MARITIME HISTORY
The Shipyard Old Ironsides John Paul Jones
FAMOUS PEOPLE
		Link Free or Die John Paul Jones Celia Thaxter John Smith
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Tobias Lear Framers of Freedom
BLACK HISTORY
			NH Black History Black Heritage Trail Black History Links
PLACES & EVENTS
Smuttynose Murders Brewster's Rambles Historic Tours
				The Grave Site Isles of Shoals Wentworth by the Sea
		NH History Old Portsmouth
TIMELINE
Portsmouth Timeline The Industrial Era	Prehistoric Era	The Contact Era	The Colonial Era	The Revolutionary Era

Carpe Diem Cultural Center

WILL PORTSMOUTH SEIZE THE DAY?

It’s simple really. You take two old buildings and you recycle them into one 21^st century hotspot. That way Portsmouth can boost local business, promote local arts, and save the old statehouse – in one visionary step. Will we take one giant leap to become a major heritage center? It’s really up to you, dear reader.

Two Men Who Tore Down Portsmouth

Workmen deconstructing the Wentworth House in 1926 / Courtesy Richard Candee on SeacoastNH.com HOW HISTORY HAPPENS

One was a New Hampshire governor. The other ran a house of ill repute. Together they pushed the pendulum too far one way. People got angry. The pendulum swung back – and the Portsmouth preservation movement was born. But two historic houses were lost forever.

How a Monument Gets Made

Solders & Sailors Memorial, GOodwin Park, Portsmouth, NH
MAKING OF GOODWIN PARK

Monuments are simplified history. They draw attention to events in the past, but do we really pay attention? Here we deconstruct the story of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Goodwin Park in Portsmouth, NH. What does it stand for? Who was it built to honor? Who built it? And who is Ichabod Goodwin?

Digging into the Oyster River Massacre

Pipe stems found at Bickford site/ SeacaostNH.com and NHDHR EXCLUSIVE TO SEACOASTNH.com

Archeology needs you. Why waste our summer tanning at the beach when you dig up historic treasures in the hot sun? Applicants are continually need for field school volunteers who want to search for clues to the earliest Europeans who settled the Seacoast and the Native Americans who beat them by 12,000 years.

Among the Ghosts of Gardner Street

Wentwoth Gardner Roof/ SeacoastNH.com HISTORIC HOMES

It was almost demolished as a slum in 1972. But Portsmouth’s South End survived the onslaught of urban renewal and today is among the most sought after and ritzy places to live in Portsmouth. That’s because it’s history is as old as Portsmouth itself and its new residents live among a host of ghostly neighbors.

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