New Hampshire
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13.3K1The New Hampshire Volcano That Promised Untold Riches
As early as 1735, residents living along the New Hampshire-Vermont border reported a New Hampshire volcano erupted violently. The inhabitants of Fort...
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8.6K2The Tempestuous Life of Tobias Lear, George Washington’s In-Law
Col. Tobias Lear V, known as Toby to his friends, left his mark on the early history of the United States as...
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10.2KThe Catholic Test – When New Hampshire Outlawed Catholics
New Hampshire’s Constitution, adopted in 1784, was one of the strictest in the new United States in its restrictions on religious freedoms....
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7.8KNew Hampshire’s Jonathan Daniels Martyred in Alabama
Jonathan Daniels smoked cigarettes. He liked to drive fast. He liked a good argument. And when he saw something wrong, he tried...
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8.1KThe Hypnotized Bride of 1908 – Madelon Kenmore Looker Coburn Le Compte
In 1908, police in New Hampshire drew up a complaint against Madelon Kenmore, a woman they knew as Madelon Coburn. The charge...
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4.2KWhen Betsy Met Nicholas – A Moffatt Marriage Made in Portsmouth
Among the more charming tales circulated about Portsmouth, N.H. is the marriage of Nicholas Rousselet to Catherine Elizabeth Moffatt in 1786. Betsy,...
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9.1KNew Hampshire’s Infanticides of 1739
The discovery of New Hampshire’s infanticides began on Saturday, Aug. 11, 1739, when someone discovered a dead infant girl in a well...
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4.4K1The USS Kearasarge Launched at Portsmouth to Slay the Alabama
In 1862, the Confederate Naval vessel CSS Alabama was the scourge of the seas. Just over a year into the Civil War...
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20.2K1How French-Canadian Textile Workers Came to New England
The story of a French-Canadian textile worker named Phillippe Lemay is the story of thousands of Quebecois farmers who came to New...
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4.2KThe Miraculous Rescue of Dorothy Sparks in 1942
On July 20, 1942, Dorothy Sparks went for a cookout with friends in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The plan was to grill...
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