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Tuesday, June 12

New Hampshire Missing Places: Unitoga Springs House and Unity Springs

by Janice Brown on Tue 12 Jun 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Unitoga Spring House and Unity Springs was located three miles south of Newport village, in Unity, New Hampshire. In the ... more »

Keywords: missing, spa, spring, Newhampshire, New, hotel, health, Hampshire

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Sunday, May 27

New Hampshire Missing Places: Pannaway

by Janice Brown on Sun 27 May 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Pannaway is probably an American Indian word (Abenaki) meaning "place where the waters [of the ocean] spread out" into the ... more »

Keywords: colony, Thomson, seacoast, Shoals, Rye, nh, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, first

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Saturday, May 19

New Hampshire: How the "Granite State" Got Its Name

by Janice Brown on Sat 19 May 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Back in the 1820s New Hampshire residents were coasting along, not even realizing that their state needed a nickname.

Out ... more »

Keywords: survey, map, surgeon, state, secretary, nh, Newhampshire, New, mountain, mount, Hampshire, Concord

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Thursday, May 3

New Hampshire Missing Places: Gosport, Isles of Shoals

by Janice Brown on Thu 03 May 2007 12:00 AM EDT

Situated on the northern end of Star Island,

one of the sevens isles of the Isles of Shoals, sits a ... more »

Keywords: Star, Shoals, nh, Newhampshire, New, Isles, island, Hampshire, fishing

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Tuesday, February 20

New Hampshire Missing Places: The Rocking Stone of Durham

by Janice Brown on Tue 20 Feb 2007 12:00 AM EST

There was an unusual, but natural landmark that was once located in the Durham Point district of Dover, New Hampshire. ... more »

Keywords: Dover, stone, rocking, rock, Logan

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Thursday, January 25

New Hampshire Missing Places: Ben Franklin Profile Rock

by Janice Brown on Thu 25 Jan 2007 12:00 AM EST

A fascinating gentleman named Jim Moore has a passion for rock formations with human-like appearances (similar to the Old Man ... more »

Keywords: Lynch, John, granite, governor, place, missing, profile, Franklin, washington, stone, rock, Newhampshire, New, Jackson, Hampshire

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Thursday, December 28

NH Missing Places: When New Hampshire is Really Maine

by Janice Brown on Thu 28 Dec 2006 12:00 AM EST

Here's a trivia tidbit about our state seal (and therefore our state flag) -- the New Hampshire state flag is ... more »

Keywords: frigate, ship, seal, Newhampshire, New, navy, Maine, Hampshire, flag

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Monday, December 4

New Hampshire Missing Places: Rye's Farragut Hotel

by Janice Brown on Mon 04 Dec 2006 12:00 AM EST

Ephraim Philbrick built the first summer hotel in Rye, called the Atlantic House. Of course there were several inns or taverns ... more »

Keywords: summer, Rye, Newhampshire, New, house, hotel, Hampshire

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Sunday, November 26

Missing Places: New Hampshire State Sanitorium at Glencliff

by Janice Brown on Sun 26 Nov 2006 12:00 AM EST

I remember as a child, a road trip through Glencliff New Hampshire, with my parents, on our way to the ... more »

Keywords: tb, tuberculosis, sanitorium, Newhampshire, New, health, Hampshire

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Tuesday, October 17

New Hampshire Missing Places: Grover's Corners

by Janice Brown on Tue 17 Oct 2006 12:00 AM EDT

When Thornton Wilder wrote the play, "Our Town," in 1938,

he set the scene in a fictional town called ... more »

Keywords: town, play, our, writer, Peterborough, Newhampshire, New, Hampshire

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Tuesday, September 5

New Hampshire: A Tale of Two (or More) Kearsarge

by Janice Brown on Tue 05 Sep 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Possibly one of the most controversial names in New Hampshire History, Kearsarge, pronounced, "Ki-ah-sarge," is odd enough that you'd ... more »

Keywords: navy, war, sloop, ship, Newhampshire, New, mountain, Hampshire, civil

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Saturday, August 12

New Hampshire Missing Places: Glacial Park, Thornton

by Janice Brown on Sat 12 Aug 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Thornton New Hampshire is located in the picturesque valley of the Pemigewasset River.

That stream extends through nearly the ... more »

Keywords: Newhampshire, New, Hampshire, falls

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Saturday, July 1

New Hampshire Missing Places: Lost River Gorge Waterfall

by Janice Brown on Sat 01 Jul 2006 12:00 AM EDT

The funny thing is that 'Lost' River Gorge Waterfall isn't lost...

it has simply been closed for twenty years... more »

Keywords: waterfall, river, notch, Newhampshire, New, humor, Hampshire, genealogy

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Sunday, May 21

New Hampshire Missing Places: Indian Stream Republic (1829-1836)

by Janice Brown on Sun 21 May 2006 03:05 PM EDT

In 1832 a group of hardy settlers created an independent nation called the Indian Stream Republic, named after the ... more »

Keywords: republic, stream, nation, Newhampshire, New, Indian, Hampshire, Coos

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Saturday, May 6

New Hampshire's Missing Places: Peyton Place

by Janice Brown on Sat 06 May 2006 06:57 PM EDT

I sometimes wonder how many tourists have visited New Hampshire looking for Peyton Place...

only to realize it does ... more »

Keywords: writer, woman, Newhampshire, New, Manchester, language, history, Gilmanton, author, American

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Thursday, April 20

Missing Places: "Giant's Grave," Carroll New Hampshire (?-1872)

by Janice Brown on Thu 20 Apr 2006 09:08 AM EDT

Could "an Indian maniac's" prophecy explain the series of fires that occurred in the town of Carroll, New Hampshire...

or ... more »

Keywords: Indian, native, aborigine, Newhampshire, New, hotel, history, Hampshire, Coos, American

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