New Hampshire Trivia & Tidbits
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—The residents of Dixville Notch (pop. 26) and Harts’ Location (pop. 40) have a head start on voters elsewhere around the state on Election Day. Voters can begin casting their ballots at midnight, taking advantage of a state law allowing towns with 100 or fewer residents to vote early.
first appeared: 5/4/2008
—Henry Styles Bridges, the state’s governor (1935-37) and U.S. senator (1937-61), lived in a house built about 1836 in Concord (pop. 40,687) from 1946 until his death in 1961. After his widow died, the house was left to the state and became the governor’s official residence in 1969.
first appeared: 3/9/2008
—Actor and comedian Adam Sandler, who grew up in Manchester and attended Manchester Central High School, was known as the class clown. He made his first stage appearance at age 17 in a Boston comedy club. His hit comedy films include Happy Gilmore, Mr. Deeds and The Wedding Singer.
first appeared: 2/24/2008
—The Summersworth Historical Society and Museum in Somersworth (pop. 11,477) is housed in the former city hall and features displays that trace the history of what was formerly a textile mill city to more current times. The society’s name is derived from the original name of the parish that later became the town of Somersworth.
first appeared: 2/10/2008
—The Dingleton bridge, built in 1882 as a single-span structure more than 77 feet long, carries Root Hill Road over Mill Brook in Cornish (pop. 1,661).
first appeared: 1/27/2008
—Inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974, Concord (pop. 40,687) native Doug Everett was a member of the silver medal-winning ice hockey team at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
first appeared: 1/13/2008
—New Hampshire did not officially adopt a state flag until 1909. Prior to that, New Hampshire was represented by numerous regimental flags. The present flag has been changed only once, in 1931 when the state’s seal was modified.
first appeared: 12/30/2007
—A sculpted dolphin appears to be swimming through the shrubs of the Memorial Garden on the edge of the USS Albacore submarine museum in Portsmouth (pop. 20,784). The garden honors lost submariners with a series of granite markers.
first appeared: 12/2/2007
—The Moffat-Ladd House in Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) is a Georgian-style mansion built between 1760 and 1763 for merchant John Moffatt, and later inhabited by Gen. William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
first appeared: 11/18/2007
—Yellow Taxi Productions, a professional theater company in Nashua, is known for nurturing the work of new artists. The company presents theatrical productions and stages an annual playwriting festival.
first appeared: 11/4/2007
—Catcher George “Birdie” Tebbetts, who was raised in Nashua, had a major league baseball career that spanned 14 years. He was named to the All-Star team four times: in 1941-42 with the Detroit Tigers and in 1948-49 with the Boston Red Sox.
first appeared: 10/21/2007
—Begun in the 1960s as the maple syrup-making project of a high school student, the Sugar Shack in Barrington (pop. 7,475) later became a full-time maple syrup and pancake business, operating in a rented barn. Today, the tourist attraction frequently is the setting for weddings and other functions.
first appeared: 10/7/2007
—The formation of a black church in Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) began in 1873 when a group of black residents gathered to worship at the South Ward Room on Marcy Street. Over the years, the church evolved into the People’s Mission, the People’s Baptist Church and the New Hope Church.
first appeared: 9/30/2007
—The Adams family obelisk, situated above the family’s historic farm on Great Bay in Durham (pop. 12,664), lists members of the clan that descended from fire-and-brimstone preacher John Adams. The family farmed the land from 1835 to 1960. Today, a nature preserve surrounds the obelisk.
first appeared: 9/9/2007
—Built in 1882, the Keniston Bridge in Andover (pop. 2,109) carries Lorden Road over the Blackwater River. Named for a prominent local family, the bridge was damaged in 1972 when ice ripped several planks from the structure. It was rehabilitated in 1981.
first appeared: 8/26/2007
—Born in Nashua in 1946, Greg Landry played quarterback in the National Football League from 1968 to 1981 and again in 1984. He threw for 16,052 yards and 98 touchdowns for the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears.
first appeared: 8/12/2007
—Portsmouth Harbor Light, an automated light at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, is located at the U.S. Coast Guard station in New Castle (pop. 1,010). The cast-iron lighthouse was built in the 1870s.
first appeared: 7/29/2007
—Along Route 125 in Barrington (pop. 7,475), a state plaque commemorates “The Two-Mile Streak,” a two-mile-wide strip of land set aside in 1719 to provide home sites for laborers at the Lamprey Ironworks. Descendants of those first settlers still reside in the area.
first appeared: 7/15/2007
—Built in 1882, the 64-foot-long Keniston Bridge in Andover (pop. 2,109) is named for a prominent local family that resided in one of the town’s old homesteads. Damaged when ice tore off some planking in 1972, the bridge underwent rehabilitation in 1981.
first appeared: 7/1/2007
—Abbotts’ Little Corner Store, which operated in the Strawberry Banke section of Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) from 1919 until 1950, was both a home and a store. Although threatened by the growth of large supermarkets, mom-and-pop stores such as Abbotts’ survived in the 1940s because of travel restrictions imposed during World War II. Today, Abbotts’ is part of the Strawberry Banke Museum.
first appeared: 6/17/2007
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