New Hampshire
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11.7K18N.H. Gov. Benning Wentworth Grabs the King’s Masts, Along With Vermont
If it weren’t for Benning Wentworth, Vermont probably wouldn’t exist. Wentworth was the Colony of New Hampshire’s first governor, and on Jan....
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13.6K7Ezekiel Straw, The Good Boss of the Amoskeag Millyard
Ezekiel Straw was an unusual mill agent – unusual in a good way. He led the growth of the Amoskeag Millyard and...
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7.2K8Amy Beach, Henniker’s Musical Prodigy
Amy Beach’s parents realized their daughter was a prodigy when she knew 40 songs at the age of one, sang countermelodies at...
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8.9K1011 Things You Didn’t Know About William Loeb
William Loeb had an outsize influence on national politics as publisher of the Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire’s statewide newspaper. From 1946...
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10.6K7The Stealth Campaign To Bring the Christmas Tree Into American Homes
Sarah Josepha Hale famously campaigned to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, but less well known are her stealth efforts to bring the...
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17.1K5The Tragedy of Hobey Baker: Too Good a Life at Too Young an Age
Hobey Baker as a young man received the kind of adulation that only a few people ever get. He was the ideal...
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