New Hampshire
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4.2KThe 1790 Census: New England by the Numbers
Just after the American Revolution, Gilmanton, N.H., ranked as the 30th biggest municipality in the United States. The Lakes Region town was...
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2.6KThe American Winston Churchill, Once More Famous Than the Other
Back in the early 20th century, an American Winston Churchill got a letter from a young war correspondent of the same name....
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3.2K2The New England Defenders of the Alamo
Among the defenders of the Alamo, at least eight came from New England to start a new life. Those lives were cut...
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9.8K1How the Londonderry Scots-Irish Saved New Hampshire from Massachusetts
The Londonderry Scots-Irish prevented New Hampshire from a Massachusetts takeover by being fruitful and multiplying along the border. Massachusetts had taken over...
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3.9KSeven Fun Facts About Taxes
There isn’t much that’s fun about taxes, but we thought we’d try to find something. So we found seven fun -- well,...
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4.7K2Six Historic Buildings With a Clerestory
Ever since visiting the Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston, Maine, we at the New England Historical Society have grown fascinated with clerestory...
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12.3KRevolutionary War Veterans Reminisce (And Get Their Pictures Taken)
During the Civil War, a Connecticut minister named E. B. Hillard went on a quest to collect the reminiscences of the Revolutionary...
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12.5K6Six Historic One-Room Schoolhouses
Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
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9.2K1How the Wild Turkey Vanished, Then Returned, to New England
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
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