Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that...
With friends like Richard Cutts, James Madison didn’t need enemies. Though Cutts was the rare New Englander who supported Mr. Madison’s War,...
In 1908, police in New Hampshire drew up a complaint against Madelon Kenmore, a woman they knew as Madelon Coburn. The charge...
If New Hampshire’s Samuel Thomson had been George Washington’s doctor, America’s first president might well have lived another 10 years. Calomel was...
David Robbins was nobody’s idea of a good man. But he was a legend of the New Hampshire woods, made infamous by...
Silent Spring author Rachel Carson knew little about Maine when she saved up a month of vacation from her government job and...