NH ALMANAC: HISTORY
History of New Hampshire
Did you know New Hampshire was first named North Virginia, and it was once under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts?
– A Brief History of New Hampshire
– History of New Hampshire (state-wide, multiple free online sources of NH History)
– Another Brief History of New Hampshire (from now defunct Almanac)
New Hampshire Firsts
– New Hampshire Firsts and Bests (a list, not entirely accurate, from New Hampshire Folklife)
– New Hampshire’s First Leader: Sagamore of the Penacook, Diplomat and Peacemaker: Passaconaway (c1850-c1673)
– New Hampshire First Flights and Early Aviators
– Inventor of America’s First Automobile–Maybe: George Alvin Long (1850-1951)
– Inventor of the First American alarm clock: Concord New Hampshire’s Levi Hutchins (1761-1855)
– New Hampshire: First in the Nation Potato
– New Hampshire Tidbits: Temple and the First Glass Factory
A History of the State House
– The State House (from Manual for the New Hampshire General Court, 1977)
– Concord New Hampshire’s State House: Celebrating 199 Years
– Exterior Statues and Memorials at the New Hampshire State House Complex (NH Div. of Historical Resources)
– New Hampshire State House & Statues (Waymarking.com)
– Portrait Gallery of New Hampshire Notables in the State House (1977 NH General Court Manual, list and descriptions)
State House Tour – from NH State House (General Court) website
New Hampshire Historical Markers
– NH Historical Highway Markers (from NH Division of Historical Resources)
– Listing of NH Historical Highway Markers, by number, includes location and brief description (PDF, from NHDHR)
– Map: mobile-friendly of New Hampshire’s historical markers
– New Hampshire Historical Markers: GREAT photographs by Richard Marsh of many of NH’s historical markers
The Rise and Fall of Fast Day
– Story: The Rise and Fall of Fast Day (wayback machine version of former Almanac)
– New Hampshire’s Missing Holiday: Fast Day
A guide to Research in the History of New Hampshire Towns 1780-1800
– Introduction to Town History Guide (from wayback machine of former Almanac)
– History of New Hampshire Cities, Towns, Counties and State
– Brief History of every city and town in New Hampshire including founding date – NH Manual of the General Court 1977)
First-In-The-National Presidential Primary
– First In the Nation – History of New Hampshire’s First in the Nation Presidential Primary (wayback machine to NH Almanac)
