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

The Day the FB111A Crashed

JANUARY 30, 1981

"The good Lord was nice to us," one witness said, and she was right. No one was seriously injured when an Air Force bomber going 450 mph crashed into the one of the most populated neighborhoods in Portsmouth, NH. The date was January 30, 1981. Portsmouth dodged a bullet and the story faded – until now.

Like Father, Unlike Son

RETURN OF THE COMET ZIPPER

What makes up a man? Is he a product of his times or his upbringing? The author tracks the Robinson family through the 20^th century and finds, at the heart of the story, a wooden model airplane.

Dartmouth Conceived as Indian School

NH HISTORY

As we prove here again and again, Seacoast, NH is the center of the universe. Even the founding of Dartmouth College in the isolated NH upper valley can be traced to two NH figures. One started the college in 1769. One restarted Dartmouth in 1819. Read the whole story below.

Eccentric Pilgrim Stranger Preached to Congress

FAMOUS PEOPLE

In her early 20s Harriet Livermore suddenly gave up life as a socialite and became a wandering evangelist preacher. She traveled to the Holy Land five times, wrote books, and tried to establish a Jewish homeland – all before 1850.

The UFO Romance of Betty and Barney Hill

Betty and Barney / UNH Special Collections UFOS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

No one can prove or disprove that this New Hampshire couple was taken aboard an alien spacecraft. Believes will believe, skeptics will not. But we can all agree that Betty and Barney Hill enjoyed one of America’s most fascinating interracial love affairs. (Read the full story below)

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