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Salem (pop. 28,112) native Katie King, a three-time Olympian in ice hockey, scored four goals and added four assists during the 1998 Olympics for her gold-medal-winning team. Her team earned a silver medal in 2002 and a bronze in 2006, during which she scored a hat trick in the 4-0 win over Finland.

first appeared: 7/16/2006

Built in 1908, the combined City Hall and Opera House in Rochester (pop. 28,461) featured a unique movable floor that could be inclined or lowered for different types of events. The Rochester Opera House Restoration Project was launched in 1996, and now the building is the only one of its kind remaining in the nation.

first appeared: 7/2/2006

The New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord (pop. 40,687) has collected family heirlooms and personal memorabilia of New Hampshire residents since the early 1800s. Today, the society has more than 6,650 items in its decorative arts collection, documenting the lifestyles of Granite State residents for three centuries.

first appeared: 6/25/2006

In the mid-1770s, in defiance of newly imposed British taxes, angry residents of Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) shipped the Stamp Act documents back to King George III. The Sons of Liberty commemorated the act of civil disobedience by placing a banner on a pole with the words, "Liberty, Property and No Stamp." A replica of the original pole stands at Strawbery Banke Museum.

first appeared: 6/4/2006

Jane Blalock, a native of Portsmouth (pop. 20,784), is the first LPGA player to win more than $100,000 in four consecutive seasons (1977-80).

first appeared: 5/21/2006

Lunging Island, one of the nine Isles of Shoals, was rumored to harbor treasure hidden by the pirate Blackbeard. In 2001, owner Prudence Randall invited The History Channel to search for the buried trove. No treasure was found and explorers concluded the story is fictional.

first appeared: 5/14/2006

Warned that a British warship was en route to seize arms and ammunition at Fort William and Mary at the harbor entrance to Portsmouth (pop. 20,784), a mob of Colonial patriots overran the fort on Dec. 14, 1774, hauled down the English king's colors, and carried away the gunpowder. Within a short time, the royal governor had fled, and Portsmouth and New Hampshire became part of a new nation.

first appeared: 4/23/2006

Atop Locke’s Hill in Gilford (pop. 6,803) sits a castle designed by wealthy 19th-century businessman Benjamin Kimball to replicate one along the Rhine River in Germany. Stone to build the castle was hauled to the building site by oxen, while cut granite for the parapets was transported by train.

first appeared: 4/9/2006

Chutters General Store in Littleton (pop. 5,845) operates the world’s longest continuous candy counter, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Measuring 111 feet, 11 inches, the candy counter features 700 jars of sweet treats.

first appeared: 3/26/2006

A jubilant bronze "Pollyanna" sculpture is located on the lawn of the library in Littleton (pop. 5,845). It memorializes hometown author Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920), best remembered as the creator of the world’s most optimistic fictional character.

first appeared: 3/12/2006

In 1761, the first stagecoach service from Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) to Boston began when a four-person coach departed from The Earl of Halifax tavern. Fare was 13 shillings and six pence.

first appeared: 2/26/2006

Hampton (pop. 14,937) resident Eunice "Goody" Cole was convicted of witchcraft in 1656 at age 64. Although spared from execution, she spent much of her life in jail in Boston and died in 1680. She was exonerated in 1938.

first appeared: 2/12/2006

In 1890, Fresh Pond Ice Co. in Brookline (pop. 4,181) consisted of nine icehouses under one roof with a combined storage capacity of 60 tons. By 1914, the company’s icehouses numbered 13 and storage capacity increased to 80 tons.

first appeared: 1/29/2006

The Palace Theatre in Manchester, fashioned after its namesake in New York City, opened in 1915. Today, it is a restored 870-seat professional performing arts center, the sole survivor in an area that once boasted 22 theaters.

first appeared: 1/15/2006

MISS NEW HAMPSHIRE 2006—Audra Paquette is a former New England Patriots cheerleader who graduated from Syracuse (N.Y.) University with a degree in speech communications. The Merrimack (pop. 25,119) native is trained in ballet and jazz dance, and hopes to teach public speaking at the collegiate level.

first appeared: 1/8/2006

Portsmouth (pop. 20,784), established in 1623 at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, is the state’s oldest settlement and only seaport. It was once known as Strawbery Banke.

first appeared: 12/18/2005

Luther C. Ladd, the first soldier to be killed in the Civil War, was born in Alexandria (pop. 1,329) in 1843. En route with the Massachusetts 6th Infantry to Washington, D.C., he was killed during an outbreak of mob violence in Baltimore on April 19, 1861.

first appeared: 12/4/2005

In the mid-1800s, when train service reached the White Mountains, a bridle path was opened to the top of Mount Washington, New England’s highest peak. The Tip Top House opened in 1853 as the second hotel on the summit. Now a state historic site, the structure is open to guests and is believed to be the oldest mountaintop hotel in the world.

first appeared: 12/4/2005

For more than 20 years, Tent-smiths in Conway (pop. 1,692) has built authentic period tents—from Viking tents and American Indian teepees to Medieval wedge tents and World War II-era German tents—for museums, movies, historic re-enactments and hunting camps. The company’s clients include the Smithsonian Institution, Colonial Williamsburg, Mount Vernon and Valley Forge.

first appeared: 11/20/2005

In the White Mountains are eight peaks known as "The Presidentials": Mounts Washington (6,288 feet), Adams (5,798 feet), Jefferson (5,715 feet), Madison (5,363 feet), Monroe (5,385 feet), John Quincy Adams (5,410 feet), Pierce (4,312 feet) and Eisenhower (4,761 feet).

first appeared: 11/6/2005

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