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Lake Winnipesaukee has more than 270 islands and some 240 miles of shoreline.

first appeared: 8/18/2002

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) wrote his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town in Peterborough, which some say he used as a model for Grover’s Corner, the drama’s setting.

first appeared: 8/11/2002

Stratham (pop. 6,355) was settled in the 1630s by Capt. Thomas Wiggin, who became the first governor of the province of New Hampshire.

first appeared: 8/4/2002

At 1,439 feet, Dublin (pop. 1,476) is one of the highest towns in the state and sits on the divide between the watersheds of the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers.

first appeared: 7/28/2002

During the winter of 1968-69, the summit of Mount Washington (elevation 6,288) received 566.4 inches of snow—more than 47 feet.

first appeared: 7/21/2002

The nine small, rocky islands six miles off the coast, known as the Isles of Shoals, straddle the border of Maine and New Hampshire.

first appeared: 7/14/2002

Washington (pop. 895) became, in 1776, the first town to honor America’s great patriot by giving itself his name.

first appeared: 7/7/2002

The Pemigewasset River near Franconia Notch contains potholes believed to have eroded 15,000 years ago while the North American ice sheet was melting. The potholes were smoothed by small stones and sand whirling around in them.

first appeared: 6/30/2002

More than 1,000 New Hampshire men fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, more than the total of the contingents from Massachusetts and Connecticut combined.

first appeared: 6/23/2002

Mount Pierce in the Presidential Range was originally named Mount Clinton, after Dewitt Clinton, a former governor of New York. It was re-named after Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire’s only U.S. president (1853-1857) in 1913.

first appeared: 6/16/2002

The state was the first to declare its independence from Britain (1774), first to hold a constitutional convention (1778), and first to require its constitution be referred to the people for approval.

first appeared: 6/9/2002

The first free public library in the United States was established in Peterborough (pop. 2,944) in 1833.

first appeared: 6/2/2002

In Portsmouth’s “Great Fire” of 1813, 108 dwellings, 64 shops, and at least 100 barns were destroyed in a fire that began in a barn.

first appeared: 5/26/2002

Suffragist Marilla Ricker (1840-1920) attempted to vote in Dover (pop. 26,884) every year for 50 years. The state’s first female lawyer, she ran for governor even though women were unable to vote.

first appeared: 5/19/2002

The armed sloop Ranger was one of the nation’s first warships. Built by Portsmouth boat builder John Langdon and launched in 1777, its first captain was John Paul Jones.

first appeared: 5/12/2002

Mount Washington is famous for its winds, and winter wind chill levels at the summit—minus 50 degrees isn’t uncommon—are comparable to those in Antarctica.

first appeared: 5/5/2002

America’s first aerial tramway opened on Cannon Mountain in 1938. It was replaced in 1980 after carrying more than 6.5 million passengers.

first appeared: 4/28/2002

The Belknap textile mill, built in Laconia (pop. 16,411) in 1823, is the oldest, unaltered brick mill in America.

first appeared: 4/21/2002

The portion of U.S. Route 3 running through Connecticut Lakes State Forest is known as Moose Alley for the frequent sightings of moose along the 26-mile drive from Pittsburg (pop. 867) to the Canadian border.

first appeared: 4/14/2002

Touch mud football is played at the World Mud Bowl each fall in North Conway (pop. 2,069)—an event sponsored by the North Conway Community Center.

first appeared: 4/7/2002

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