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New Hampshire native Daniel Webster edited President William Harrison’s inaugural address. Despite Webster’s efforts, the speech ran 105 minutes—the longest ever given.

first appeared: 5/11/2003

Fort #4 in Charlestown (pop. 4,749) was part of a line of defense drawn in the 1740s during the French and Indian War. Today, it’s a National Historic District and a living history museum.

first appeared: 5/4/2003

The Loon Preservation Committee in Moultonboro (pop. 3,243) was organized in 1976 to stem the decline of the common loon, an aquatic bird popularized in the movie On Golden Pond.

first appeared: 4/27/2003

Bode Miller, winner of two silver medals in alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics, was born in Easton (pop. 250) and now lives in Franconia (pop. 924).

first appeared: 4/20/2003

During the 2002 Olympics in Utah, competitors included 21 athletes with ties to New Hampshire, either as residents or students in the state’s colleges.

first appeared: 4/13/2003

While the nation gets about 1,000 tornadoes a year, New Hampshire experienced 72 during the period 1950-1994, ranking the state 41st in tornado frequency. In the same period, Texas had 5,490.

first appeared: 4/6/2003

In 2002, the governor declared May 11 “Young Inventors’ Day” in a proclamation meant to celebrate, honor, and encourage creative effort among the state’s youth.

first appeared: 3/30/2003

The first mountain climbing cog railroad (Mount Washington, 1869) and the first aerial passenger tramway in North America (Cannon Mountain, 1938) were built in New Hampshire.

first appeared: 3/23/2003

WFEA has broadcast continuously since March 1, 1932, and is New Hampshire’s oldest radio station. The station, licensed to the city of Manchester, still uses its original broadcasting tower.

first appeared: 3/16/2003

The first commissioned naval officer in the United States was Capt. Hopley Yeaton of New Castle (pop. 1,010). Yeaton received his commission in 1791 while commanding the revenue cutter Scammel, stationed out of Portsmouth.

first appeared: 3/9/2003

The headwaters of the Connecticut River consist of four lakes in the state’s northern tip: named Lake Francis, First Connecticut Lake, Second Lake, and Third Lake.

first appeared: 3/2/2003

The town of Cornish (pop. 1,661) is the setting for the 1906 novel Coniston by the American writer Winston Churchill (no relation to Britain’s Churchill).

first appeared: 2/23/2003

Born in Laconia (pop. 16,411), Richard Batchelder joined the Army in 1861. From quartermaster (in charge of supplies) for the First New Hampshire Volunteers, he became chief quartermaster for the Army of the Potomac and later was quartermaster general of the U.S. Army.

first appeared: 2/16/2003

The first earthquake reported by Europeans in the New World was centered in central New Hampshire, according to a recent seismology study. The magnitude 6.5 to 7 quake was noted by the Plymouth Pilgrims in 1638.

first appeared: 2/9/2003

The USS Albacore, a prototype submarine built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and commissioned in 1953, was, at the time, the fastest submarine ever designed.

first appeared: 2/9/2003

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, published today in Dublin (pop. 1,476), has never missed a year in publishing since its founding by Robert B. Thomas in 1792 during George Washington’s first term as president.

first appeared: 2/2/2003

The peaks in the Presidential Range began acquiring the names of presidents before America had one. The first, Mount Washington, acquired its name in 1784, five years before the popular Gen. George Washington was elected as the new nation’s chief executive. The naming of the other mountains after presidents began in 1820.

first appeared: 1/26/2003

The Lucknow Mansion overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee, sometimes called the Castle in the Clouds, was built in 1913 by industrialist Thomas G. Plant. Its features included an intercom system, a self-cleaning oven, and a clothes-drying chamber.

first appeared: 1/19/2003

The Presidential Range in the White Mountains is noted for its high peaks and extensive area above treeline, the greatest contiguous alpine area east of the Mississippi. Treeline in the range is about 4,500 feet, due to extreme climactic conditions.

first appeared: 1/12/2003

Until Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Old Stone Face was published in 1850, The Old Man of the Mountain (a rock formation) was considered an image of Thomas Jefferson, who was president at the time of its discovery.

first appeared: 1/5/2003

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