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UNITED STATES HISTORY

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• America At War
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  • History of the Militia in the United States
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NEW ENGLAND HISTORY

• History of Colonization in New England
• Early History of Massachusetts - online from Cornell University
• Soldiers in King Philip's War - book online
• 17th Century New England
• Bunker Hill - an 1884 article from the The Bay State Monthly - online from Cornell University Library.
  

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NEW HAMPSHIRE STATEWIDE HISTORY

• New Hampshire was named in 1629 by Captain John Mason of Plymouth Council for his home county in England. Algonquian-speaking peoples, including the Pennacook, lived in the region when the Europeans arrived. The first explorers in the area were England's Martin Pring in 1603 and France's Champlain in 1605. The first settlement was established at Odiorne's Point (now the port of Rye, New Hampshire). Native American conflicts were ended in 1759 by Robert Rogers' Rangers. In 1774, before the American Revolution, New Hampshire residents seized a British fort at Portsmouth, and drove out the royal governor. In 1776 New Hampshire was the first colony to adopt its own constitution. Three regiments served in the Continental Army, and scores of privateers raided British shipping.New Hampshire did not adopt a state flag until 1909. Prior to that time, numerous regimental flags served to represent the state. The New Hampshire flag consists of the state seal centered on a blue field and surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves with nine stars interspersed. New Hampshire was the ninth of the original thirteen states to ratify the Constitution.
  
  
• A Guide to Research in the History of New Hampshire Towns, 1780-1800
• A Brief History of New Hampshire
• New Hampshire Historical Markers
• Found Only in New Hampshire: Robbins' Cinquefoil - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• New Hampshire Firsts
• New Hampshire Colonial History
• Article: "New Hampshire Native Americans: Hiding in Plain Sight" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire's Turnpike History" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: The New Hampshire Gazette: the Oldest Newspaper in America - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire: The Privy's Murky History" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire: Home of the Whooper Award" [Award Given Out by Governor Hugh Gregg during the 1950s] - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire's Common Loon (Gavia immer)" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire Life in 1815" - from Blog Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire's Year Without a Summer" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "A Funeral and A Wedding" in Colonial New Hampshire (the story of Gov. John Wentworth and his cousin bride, Frances Deering Wentworth - from Blog, Cow Hampshire
• Article: Official New Hampshire State Tree: White Birch (Betula Papyrifera) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire Body Snatching - Blog, Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire Newspaper: "The Farmer's Cabinet" & the Boylston Family - Blog, Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire's Missing Holiday: Fast Day - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire in 1918: The "Spanish Flu" Influenza Epidemic - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire: Strange Health Tips From 1888 - Blog: Cow hampshire
• Article: He Made "New Hampshire Beautiful:" Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Chronological History of New Hampshire (timeline, 7000 B.C. to 2002)
• Industrialized Develoment of New Hampshire - NH Historical Society - PDF file (timeline, 1662 to 1990)
• New Hampshire (History) Web Sites for Kids
• Biography: New Hampshire's First Leader, Sagamore of the Penacook, Diplomat and Peacemaker: Passaconaway (c1580-c1673) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Making Perfume in 1862 (NH) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• New Hampshire April Fool 1877 - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire: History of the Society of the Cincinnati - Blog, Cow Hampshire
• Article: Metallak: "The Lone Indian of the Magalloway" - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• The Popular Press in New Hampshire 1756-1800 - University of NH Library
• The Lewis M. Stark Early New Hampshire Imprint Collection (1700's) - UNH Library
  
• New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music & Dance - University of NH Library
• Historical Document: 1776 NH Document, regarding the payment of taxes - UNH Library
• Learn: NH History Curriculum for Grade 6 - a superb online Lesson Plan for teachers or parents to help their children understand early New Hampshire history
• History: Captivity of Susannah Hastings Willard Johnson - Old Fort #4 (book online) | Likeness and brief family history
• History: Newspaper Delivery History in New Hampshire and Elsewhere - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Biography & History: Death on Mt. Washington: The Tale of Lizzie Bourne - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• History: New Hampshire: Visions of Dorothy and Toto--It's Tornado Season [Tornado History in New Hampshire] - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  
• Biography: Passaconaway - Native American leader of New Hampshire
• History: The Last Patriots of the American Revolution (includes one NH man) - PDF file [archived version]
• History: NH Sons of the American Revolution - Research
• History: New Hampshire's Most Expensive Colonial Necessity [Clothing] - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• History: Delegates to the 1918 New Hampshire Constitutional Convention
• Resource: History & Genealogy section of the NH State Library
• New Hampshire Individuals of Note, by Era
• Resource: NH Town History Books available at the UNH Library (listings only) - if you find one you would like to read, ask your local librarian to borrow it through their inter-library loan program.
• History: Shifting Boundary Lines and County Limits - of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York (interesting reading) - from Washington Co VT USGenWeb site.
• History: Haunted (?) Places in New Hampshire
• History: New Hampshire's Flood History
  

MULTI-COUNTY / REGIONAL HISTORY

• NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIONAL HISTORY
  • Seacoast History (of New Hampshire) - people places and events
  • The White and Franconia Mountains - an 1885 article from the Bay State Monthly magazine, includes sketches - Cornell University Library online
  • New Hampshire: Some Mount Washington Firsts - blog, Cow Hampshire
  • New Hampshire: The Governor's Horse Guards - blog, Cow Hampshire
  • New Hampshire's Hellish Locations: Hell Gate in Coos County and Hell Hollow in Plainfield, Sullivan Co NH - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Walking Tours of the Lakes Region
  • Black History of the Seacoast (of New Hampshire)
  • At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment, by Francis S. Fiske: The New England magazine; Volume 17, Issue 2; October 1894
  • Garrison Houses in Western and Central New Hampshire [archived version]
  • Hermit of the White Mountains - blog: Cow Hampshire
    

     COUNTY/TOWN - GENERAL HISTORY

• See the individual COUNTY sections of this web site for individual town or city histories

NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES (individual) HISTORY

BELKNAP COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Belknap County include: Alton, Barnstead, Belmont, Center Harbor, Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia, Meredith, New Hampton, Sanbornton, and Tilton.
• Belknap County was organized December 20, 1840, from parts of northeastern Merrimack County and northwestern Strafford County. It is named for Rev. Dr. Jeremy [Jeremiah] Belknap, noted preacher, educator, naturalist, historian and author of The History of New Hampshire. Belknap county occupies the geographic center of the State, and with the adjoining county of Merrimack, is entirely surrounded by other counties. Its surface is considerably above the level of the ocean, five hundred feet at the shoreline of Lake Winnipesaukee, and is diversified by mountain, hill, and valley, rivers and lakes. Gilmanton Mountain is the highest elevation. Its area of about one hundred and fifty-five thousand acres of improved land is very fertile, and the soil produces good crops.
• FIRST SEE BELKNAP COUNTY HISTORY & GENEALOGY (this site) for individual town history and genealogy
• HISTORY LINKS (external sites)
  • Belknap County - includes a profile of the current county; UNH Extension Service
  • Belknap Co. NH - from the official Belknap Co web site
  • Belknap County History and Information
  • Origin of each town in Belknap County NH
  • Belknap County Representatives to the 1918 NH Constitutional Convention
  • SEE Historical Societies in New Hampshire
  • Historic Places in Belknap County - National Register of Historic Places
  • Article: North Barnstead New Hampshire's Harriet P. Dame: the "Florence Nightingale" of The Civil War (1815-1900) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: New Hampshire's Fighter Pilot Ace and Institute President, Brigadier General Harrison Reed "Harry" Thyng (1918-1983) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• SEE ALSO THIS SITE:
  • BELKNAP COUNTY on the County List
    
  • BELKNAP COUNTY Photographs
  • BELKNAP COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

CARROLL COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Carroll County include: Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Wolfeboro
• SEE the CARROLL COUNTY section (this site) - coming soon
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Carroll County - includes a current profile; UNH Extension Service
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Carroll County NH
  • Historical Societies & Heritage Museums in Carroll Co NH
  • Carroll County NH Quickfacts (US Census Bureau)
  • CONWAY, NH History - online from Conway Public Library
  • Recent History of CONWAY NH - online from Conway Public Library
  • Wonalancet New Hampshire Chinook Breeder, Dog Trainer, and Antarctica Dog Driver - Arthur Treadwell Walden (1871-1947) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Jackson New Hampshire Ski School Promoter & Businessman, Carroll Purinton Reed (1905-1995) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • The Remick Family & Museum of Tamworth NH (includes genealogy of this branch of the Remick family) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Missing Places: Benjamin Franklin Profile Rock - Jackson NH - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  • CARROLL COUNTY on the County List
    
  • CARROLL COUNTY Photographs
  • CARROLL COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

CHESHIRE COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Cheshire County include: Alstead, Chesterfield, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Jaffrey, Keene, Marlboro, Marlow, Nelson, Richmond, Rindge, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester
• SEE the CHESHIRE COUNTY section FIRST for individual town histories (this site)
• Official Cheshire County NH web site
• Government: Cheshire County Goverment
• History: Cheshire County Quickfacts - U.S. Census Bureau
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Cheshire County - includes a current profile; UNH Extension Service
  • History of the Cheshire County Farm [old Alms House or Poor Farm)
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Cheshire County NH
• History & Photographs: "Old Time and New in Dublin, NH" - an 1899 article with photographs published in the The England Magazine - Cornell University Library Online
• New Hampshire's Militia: Gathering for Annual Muster Day (Keene NH) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Rindge New Hampshire's Cathedral of the Pines - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Biography & Family Tree: Swanzey New Hampshire Actor and Playwright, Henry Denman Thompson (1833-1911) - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
• Article: "New Hampshire's Connection to Henry David Thoreau" - from Blog, Cow Hampshire
• Article: New Hampshire's "Father of Naturopathy," and "Father of American Herbalism," Samuel A. Thomson (1769-1843) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  • CHESHIRE COUNTY on the County List
    
• CHESHIRE COUNTY Photographs
• CHESHIRE COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)
  

COOS COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Coos County include: Berlin, Cambridge, Carroll [Twin Mountain, and Bretton Woods are actually village districts within the town of Carroll], Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Dalton, Dixville, Dummer, Errol, Gorham, Jefferson, Lancaster, Milan, Northumberland, Pittsburg, Randolph, Shelburne, Stark, Stewartstown, Stratford, Wentworth Location, and Whitefield.
• Coos County also has the following Unincorporated Areas: Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, Bean's Grant, Bean's Purchase, Cambridge, Chandler's Purchase, Crawford's Purchase, Cutt's Grant, Dix's Grant, Erving's Location, Green's Grant, Hadley's Purchase, Kilkenny, Low and Burbank's Grant, Martin's Location, Odell, Pinkham's Grant, Sargent's Purchase, Second College Grant, Success, Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, and Wentworth's Location.
• SEE the COOS COUNTY section (this site) for detailed town and county history and genealogy
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Coos County History - includes a current profile - UNH Extension Service
  • Coos County & Berlin History - brief, scroll down
  • Coos County Democrat (current news)
  • Colebrook History
  • "Coos and the Magalloway," 1860 article (and illustrations) in Harpers New Monthly Magazine,- from Cornell University Library online
  • Berlin NH - a web site with photographs and stories of old Berlin NH
    
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Coos County NH
  • Thaddeus Lowe, Jefferson''s famous son [see also Coo's County page - history]
  • Article: Metallak: "The Lone Indian of the Magalloway" - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  
  • COOS COUNTY on the County List
    
  • COOS COUNTY Photographs
  • COOS COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

GRAFTON COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Grafton County include: Alexandria, Ashland, Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Dorchester, Easton, Ellsworth, Enfield, Franconia, Grafton, Groton, Hanover, Haverhill, Hebron, Holderness, Landaff, Lebanon, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Lyme, Monroe, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Rumney, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Warren, Waterville, Wentworth, and Woodstock.
• SEE the GRAFTON COUNTY section (this site) for detailed county and individual town history & genealogy
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • History of Grafton County - extensive with photographs
  • Grafton County - includes a current profile - UNH Extension Service
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Grafton County NH
  • Article: Lebanon New Hampshire's "Man Who Survived With A Hole in His Head": Phineas P. Gage (1823-1860) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Littleton New Hampshire Children's Fiction Author: Tor Seidler (1952-Still Living) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: "The Leakeys of White Mountain Geology": Hanover New Hampshire's James Walter Goldthwait (1880-1947), Richard Parker Goldthwait (1911-1992) and Lawrence Goldthwait (1914-2001) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  
  • GRAFTON COUNTY on the County List
    
• GRAFTON COUNTY Photographs
• GRAFTON COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Hillsborough County include: Amherst, Antrim, Bedford, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Pelham, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton and Windsor.
• SEE the HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY section (this site) for detailed county and individual town history & genealogy
• Official Hillsborough County web site
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Hillsborough County - includes a current profile - UNH Extension Service
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Hillsborough County NH
  • Article: "The Last New Hampshire Man of the American Revolution (enlisted from Antrim NH)" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Manchester New Hampshire Restaurant Innovators: Richard "Dick" and Maurice "Mac" McDonald - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: World War II: When My Dad Was a MoMM - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: New Hampshire Genealogy: The Legend of the Irish Drummer Boy - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Dedicated to a Fallen Hero: Warriner Playground, Merrimack New Hampshire (Weston L. Warriner of Merrimack NH) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Sleep Sweetly: Manchester New Hampshire's Connection to Marchiness Margaret (Fuller) Ossoli - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Manchester New Hampshire's Stockbroker and Philanthropist: Henry Melville Fuller (1914-2001) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  
  • HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY on the County List
    
• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Photographs
• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

MERRIMACK COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Merrimack County include:Allenstown, Andover, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Canterbury, Chichester, Concord, Danbury, Dunbarton, Epson, Franklin, Henniker, Hill, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Loudon, New London, Newbury, Northfield, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, Webster, and Wilmot
• SEE the MERRIMACK COUNTY section (this site) includes histories and details on each town in Merrimack County NH
• Official Merrimack County web site
  • HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Merrimack County - includes current profile; UNH Extension Service
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Merrimack County NH
  • Reminiscences of Daniel Webster - 1885 article in The Century; a popular quarterly - Cornell University Library
  • Webster New Hampshire Author and Illustrator: Tashua Tudor aka Starling (Burgess) McCready (1915-living) - from blog: "Cow Hampshire"
  • Penacook New Hampshire Sportsman and Coach: Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe (1908-1969) - from blog: "Cow Hampshire"
    
  • The Concord Stone Polishing Machine [made by Concord Axle Co of Penacook, and used in Concord] - from an 1890 article in Manufacturer and builder magazine - Cornell University Library Online
  • Biography: Boscawen New Hampshire Inventor, Prof. Moses Gerrish Farmer (1820-1893) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Biography & Genealogy: Concord NH World War I Heroes, Twin Brothers: Ernest Potter Runnells and Ellsworth Potter Runnells (1894-?) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • The Osgoodites of Warner, New Hampshire - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Warner New Hampshire Artist, Fine Arts Printmaker: Nancy (Lewis) Nemec (1923-2003) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Concord New Hampshire Educator, Sharon Christa (Corrigan) McAuliffe (1948-1986) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: He Put the Straw in Straw Point: New Hampshire Governor Ezekiel Straw - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Concord New Hampshire's White Park And Family - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Concord New Hampshire: Sewall's Island, Falls and Bridge - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Salisbury New Hampshire Lawyer, Orator, Statesman: Daniel Webster (1782-1852) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  
  • MERRIMACK COUNTY on the County List
    
  • MERRIMACK COUNTY Photographs
  • MERRIMACK COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Rockingham County include: Atkinson, Auburn, Brentwood, Candia, Chester, Danville, Deerfield, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Londonderry, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Northwood, Northwood Narrows, Nottingham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, West Nottingham, Westfield, and Windham.
• SEE the ROCKINGHAM COUNTY section (this site) - coming soon
• Official Rockingham County web site
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Rockingham County - includes current profile; UNH Extension Service
  • Online Book (Free) - History of Old Chester NH (Google Books)
  • Article: New Hampshire Missing Places: Rye's Farragut Hotel - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Biography & Genealogy : Derry New Hampshire Astronaut, Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard Jr. (1923-1998) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Newton New Hampshire's Social Worker and UFO Abductee: Eunice Elizabeth "Betty" (Barrett) Stewart Hill (1919-2004) - Blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Hampton NH - entire text of 1893 history by Joseph Dow - SEE THE INDEX - online from Lane Memorial Library
  • Hampton: A Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988 by Peter Evans Randall - entire text of 1989 book online - Lane Memorial Library
  • Biography & Genealogy: Candia New Hampshire Journalist, Editor and Poet, Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911) - from blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Biography & Genealogy: Portsmouth New Hampshire's Patriot, Tutor, Secretary, and Peace Envoy, Col. Tobias Lear, Esq. (1762-1816) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Biography & Genealogy: Portsmouth New Hampshire Soldier, Executive Clerk, Poet: Samuel Adams Wiggin (1832-c1900) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
    
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Rockingham County NH
  • Portsmouth New Hampshire's Peace Conferences - blog, Cow Hampshire
  • Exeter New Hampshire, African American Poet, James Monroe Whitfield (1822-1871) - blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Missing Places: Pannaway [now part of Rye] - blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Biography & Genealogy: Deerfield New Hampshire Professor of Oratory: Moses True Brown (1827-1900) - blog: Cow Hampshire
  • History: Hampton New Hampshire's Norse Boulder, aka Thorvald's Rock - blog: Cow Hampshire
  • October 12, 1775: The Day Portsmouth Was Boston - blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Exeter New Hampshire Artist & Botanist, Catherine "Kate" Furbish (1834-1931) - blog: Cow Hampshire
  • History & Graphics: Isle of Shoals; article (and sketches) written in 1874 in Harper's New Monthly magazine - from Cornell University Library online [note: correct spelling is ISLES]
  • History & Graphics: Portsmouth NH - "Old Town by the Sea," 1874 article in Harper's new monthly magazine - Cornell University Library
  • History & Graphics: Portsmouth NH - "Old Portsmouth Profiles, 1893 article that includes brief profiles of many early Portsmouth residents, in The Century; a popular quarterly - Cornell University Library
  • Amasa J. Parker [his wife was Miss Harriet Langdon Roberts, dau of Edmond of Portsmouth NH] from 1856 article in The United States Democratic review - Cornell University Library Online
  • History and Photograph: Poem about Gen. Jonathan Moulton House in Portsmouth NH - from an 1895 article found in The New England Magazine - Cornell University Library
  • Old St. John's Parish in Portsmouth NH - includes photographs, sketches, likenesses, and some amazing early history of people and events in early Portsmouth NH; from an 1894 article in the "New England" magazine - Cornell University Library Online
  • Brief History of Deerfield NH - Rays Place
  • North Hampton New Hampshire: Fuller Gardens (and family tree of VIOLA (DAVENPORT) FULLER for whom the gardens are named - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Biography of John Langdon, of Portsmouth - Cornell University Online
  • The Water-Ways of Portsmouth, by Louise Imogen Guiney: The Atlantic monthly; Volume 60, Issue 357; July 1887
  • The Phillips Family and Phillips Exeter Academy; The North American review;Volume 87, Issue 180 ; July 1858
  • Biography & Genealogy : "Rye New Hampshire Artist and Writer, Rose (Cushing) Labrie (1916-1986)" - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: New Hampshire Missing Places: Gosport, Isles of Shoals - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: A Funeral And A Wedding" in Colonial New Hampshire - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Salem New Hampshire's Canobie Lake and Park - Blog: Cow Hampshire
    
    
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  • ROCKINGHAM COUNTY on the County List
    
  • ROCKINGHAM COUNTY Photographs
  • ROCKINGHAM COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

STRAFFORD COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Strafford County include: Barrington, Dover, Durham, Farmington, Lee, Madbury, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Rochester, Rollingsford, Somersworth, and Strafford.
• SEE the STRAFFORD COUNTY section (this site) - coming soon
• Official Strafford County web site
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Strafford County - includes current profile; UNH Extension Service
  • Article: "New Hampshire Missing Places: The Rocking Stone of Durham" - from Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Article: Farmington New Hampshire Vice President of the United States: Jeremiah Jones Colbath, aka Henry Wilson (1812-1874) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Strafford County NH
  • Brief History of Lee, NH - Rays Place
  • Brief History of Middleton NH - Rays Place
  • Old Dover, New Hampshire, by Caroline Harwood Garland; The New England magazine; Volume 23, Issue 1; Sept 1897
  • History of Rochester, New Hampshire (entire web site)
  • Dover New Hampshire Preacher and Historian - Rev. Jeremiah "Jeremy" Belknap, D.D. (1744-1798) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Dover New Hampshire Artist, Ruth (Whittier) Shute (1803-1882) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
    
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  
  • STRAFFORD COUNTY on the County List
    
  • STRAFFORD COUNTY Photographs
  • STRAFFORD COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics)

SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORY

• Communities in Sullivan County include: Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington.
• SEE the SULLIVAN COUNTY section (this site) - coming soon
• Government: Sullivan County
• HISTORY LINKS (external web sites):
  • Sullivan County History - includes current profile - UNH Extension Service
  • Claremont New Hampshire Author: Constance Fenimore Woolson aka Anne March (1840-1894) - from my blog, "Cow Hampshire"
  • Biography & Genealogy: Newport New Hampshire Milliner, Author, Poet, Editor and "Mother of Thanksgiving": Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Biography & Genealogy: The American Winston Churchill (1871-1947) - Blog: Cow Hampshire [he lived in Cornish NH]
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Sullivan County NH
  • Claremont Historical Society Museum
  • The Sullivan Machine Company Diamond Drills; Manufacturer and builder;Volume 3, Issue 10; October 1871 (Claremont NH)
  • Article: "Missing Places: Unitoga Spring House and Unit Springs" - Blog: Cow Hampshire
    
• SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
  
  • SULLIVAN COUNTY on the County List
    
  • SULLIVAN COUNTY Photographs
  • SULLIVAN COUNTY Reference (for maps, statistics, demographics