"From the tragic tale of young Lizzie Bourne's death on Mount Washington to the unsuccessful one hundred-year effort to save the Old Man of the Mountain, 'It Happened in New Hampshire' takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the facinating characters and episodes that mark the Granite State's eventful past. Here you'll read about the bizarre demise of the Wiley family in a Crawford Notch avalanche and Abijah Larned's bungled bank robbery...

Contains a chronology of historical events from 1498 to 1977, a biographical directory of prominent citizens, and selected documents including the State constitutions of 1776 and 1784.

In their own words, through first person accounts, laborers, foremen, managers, and town residents paint a detailed portrait of the mill's nearly feudal dominance of every aspect of their lives and offer their response to this existence, with fierce pride and an unshakable sense of community.

Behind New Hampshire's landscape lies some very dark history, ranging from horrible hangings to scandalous socialites. The author reveals the surprising and sometimes shocking history from the seacoast to the Great North Woods. Behind New Hampshire's scenic landscape lies some very dark history, ranging from horrible hangings to scandalous socialites. The Fireman's Riot of 1869 resulted in most of Manchester burning to the ground. New England's...

"The lighthouse is a pervasive icon in our culture, often used to symbolize positive qualities like faith, guidance, strength, and steadfastness. No structures embody these qualities more than wave-swept lighthouses, which were built to withstand the most extreme forces of wind and ocean waves, often in isolated, rocky locations far offshore. In the United States, the earliest attempts to build wave-swept lighthouses in the 1830s led to several masterpieces...