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Tapping Old Spirits at Frank Jones Brewery

A Portsmouth technology company inherits the alemaker's legacy

It's rare when a high-tech business calls me for a history lecture. Software companies usually stare toward tomorrow with laser intensity. The past is for has-beens.

The Comeback Kidder

Henry Clay Barnabee left his historic collection of comic memorabilia to the Portsmouth LIbrary. But how did it get there? Why is it in the attic? And who the heck was Barnabee, anyway?

He may get the last laugh yet
-- scholars are taking him seriously.

The Day History Died

Civil war soldier and horse
Hundreds of souls lost in minutes

NH photographer LV Newell captured hundreds of Civil War soldiers on home -- Confederate and Union. But the priceless glass negatives were destroyed. Could this recently discovered picture of a man and horse be one of the lost images?

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HISTORY MATTERS

The editor ponders history, mostly, in this popular Seacoast column. This index contains over 100 original columns by J. Dennis Robinson. The author has been writing about the "America's Smallest Seacoast" (sm) for over two decades.
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A personal column about history and stuff

The Great Myths of Canada

Mother England had two American kids -- one became a cop, one an outlaw

History is the collection of stories we tell ourselves about our past. Nations, like families, tend to continually retell the tales that fill our chests with pride, regardless of their veracity.

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