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A mature frontier: the New Hampshire economy 1790–1850 Historical New Hampshire 24#1 (1969) 3–19. Squires, J. Duane. The Granite State of the United States: A History of New Hampshire from 1623 to the Present (1956) vol 1; Stackpole, Everett S. History of New Hampshire (4 vol 1916–1922) vol 4 online covers Civil War and late 19th century
New Hampshire's major regions are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Seacoast, the Merrimack Valley, the Monadnock Region, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area. New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. coastal state, with a length of 18 miles (29 km), [24] sometimes measured as only 13 miles (21 km).
Flag of New Hampshire: 1931 Seal: Seal of New Hampshire: 1931 Emblem: New Hampshire State Emblem: 1945 [2] Motto: Live Free or Die: 1945 Nickname: The Granite State: Highway sign: Number of route within an outline of the Old Man of the Mountain: Quarter reverse: 2000
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire is the freest state in the North American region, according to a new report, which cites the Granite State's relationship between freedom and economic growth.
New Hampshire currently has 24 National Historic Landmarks; the most recent addition was Lucknow (Castle in the Clouds) in Moultonborough added in 2024. [1] Three of the sites—Canterbury Shaker Village, Harrisville Historic District, and the MacDowell Colony—are categorized as National Historic Landmark Districts.
In 1776, the province established an independent state and government, the State of New Hampshire, and joined with twelve other colonies to form the United States. Europeans first settled New Hampshire in the 1620s, and the province consisted for many years of a small number of communities along the seacoast, Piscataqua River, and Great Bay.
Pages in category "History of New Hampshire" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 1919, New Hampshire Historical Society Director Otis G. Hammond, on the order of the Governor and Executive Council of New Hampshire, wrote a history of the state seal and flag. Hammond described how because the law governing the design of the seal was not very specific, when the dies wore down and had to be redesigned, the artists and ...