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

Atlantic Heights was Architecture for the Poor

Uncle Sam sells Atlantic Heights in NH in 1925/ SeacoastNH.com ? art courtesy Kevin Lafond LIVING IN THE SEACOAST

The brainstorm was to build affordable housing that low income workers actually liked. The result in 1919 was one of the first federally funded housing projects in the nation. When Uncle Sam sold off these "garden city" movement houses, poor renters were offered a deal. But things rarely go the way Uncle Sam plans.

Webster Farm Calling All Angels

Farmer Daniel Webster on his farm / Photo by Gail Rousseau
SAVING DANIEL WEBSTER'S FARM

Daniel Webster went to Hell to save one NH farmer, but who will save his heavenly farm? Webster called his Franklin, NH farm the sweetest spot on Earth. Scientists agree that its black alluvial soil is ideal. But can historians also save the Webster homestead and a Civil War orphange? Daniel could use an angel or two.

With Apologies to Kittery

Kittery Town patch

PORTSMOUTH PILFERS MAINE

If you took everything that happened in Kittery our of Portsmouth history – what would be left? Some politics, perhaps, and a few parades. Fact is, Portsmouth historians owe their Kittery neighbor a huge aology for appropriating their best stories. So here is that apology – 400 years in the making, and a summary of what we stole.

How NH Was Settled by Mistake

Ming dynasty ruler in the early 1600s

New Hampshire founder John Mason lost a fortune on his New Hampshire colony. Its settlers were supposed to find gold and plant vineyards for wine. That didn’t work. He hoped that his Piscataqua River connected him with Indian traders on the Great Lakes. And in a perfect world, his river went all the way to China.

The Truth About Ocean Born Mary

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INSIDE NH LEGENDS

According to New Hampshire legend, Ocean Born Mary was born at sea. Her birth saved the life of the passengers from pirates on an early sailing ship. The story involves romance and buried treasure, but alas, it is not true. So many great legends are really just about real estate

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