THORVALD THE ROCK LEGEND

For decades Hamptonians were convinced that the brother of the most famous Viking explorer in history had died on their shores. They had his tombstone, after all. How did they know? Well the stone was covered with ancient writing. But experts now say that Thorvald’s Rock is clearly – well – just a rock.

THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE

Ghostly movie images from 1923 show a 5-year old future mayor at her first ribbon-cutting. Not only did Eileen Dondero Foley dedicate the Memorial Bridge as a child, but she rededicated it 75 years later with her grand-daughter. The second girl’s name? You guessed it – Eileen Foley.

CAMPUS CHAOS May 5, 1970

When you stand too close to history sometimes all you see is smoke. That's how it was for many University of New Hampshire students the day after the Kent State shottings when American colleges were set to explode. In the middle of the chaos, three members of the Chicago Seven arrived late to lay out their radical plan for student revolution.

LINCOLN'S NH CONNECTION

All hell broke loose in Portsmouth, NH on April 10, 1865. A mob of upstanding citizens fresh from 50 local bars were celebrating the end of the Civil War. Someone suggested that it was time to teach old Joshua Foster a lesson. Foster was a "Peace Democrat" and editor of the local STATES AND UNION newspaper. Here, in detail, is what happened that day.