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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

Four severe New England weather events—the Blizzard of 1888, the 1938 Hurricane, the Vermont Flood of 1927 and 1953 Worcester, Mass., tornado—are the topics of exhibits at the Museum of American Weather in Haverhill (pop. 4,416).

first appeared: 10/23/2005

Lewis Downing and J. Stephens Abbot built the first Concord Coach in Concord (pop. 40,687) in 1827. Famous for its leather belt suspension system, the coach was described by novelist Mark Twain in 1870’s Roughing It as "an imposing cradle on wheels."

first appeared: 10/9/2005

Born in Danvers, Mass., in 1973, eight-time gold medalist swimmer Jenny Thompson is one of the most decorated Olympians in history. She grew up in Dover (pop. 26,884) where she competed with the Seacoast Swimming Association.

first appeared: 9/25/2005

Benjamin Prichard built the state’s first cotton spinning mill along the Merrimack River in Manchester around 1804. It was later bought and reorganized into the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., which at the time was among the world’s largest textile mills.

first appeared: 9/18/2005

Andy Sudduth of Exeter (pop. 9,759) was a 1984 Olympic rowing silver medalist and, as a Harvard student, won five consecutive men’s singles titles at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass.

first appeared: 9/11/2005

Spanning Pleasant Brook in Andover (pop. 2,109), the Cilleyville Covered Bridge has tilted since it was built in 1887. Some suggest that irate builders cut some of the timbers short, causing the tilt. Others attribute the lean to a flaw in the design.

first appeared: 8/28/2005

Exeter (pop. 9,759) was founded in 1638 by the Rev. John Wheelwright and his followers. Wheelwright moved to the area after being banished from the Massachusetts colony because of his nonconformity with Puritan doctrine.

first appeared: 8/14/2005

Among Manchester’s many attractions is the 1950 Zimmerman House, the only house in New England designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright that is open to the public. The house is owned and operated by the Currier Museum of Art.

first appeared: 7/31/2005

The 159-foot-long, 17-foot-wide Cresson Bridge in Swanzey (pop. 6,800), spanning the Ashuelot River, was built in 1859 at a cost of $1,736. Upon its completion, residents adorned the covered bridge with lanterns, invited musicians to perform and danced all night.

first appeared: 7/17/2005

About 200 types of rocks and minerals are found in the state’s mountains—including granite—hence the nickname "The Granite State." New Hampshire also is known as "The Mother of Rivers," because five of New England’s major waterways—the Connecticut, Merrimack, Piscataqua, Androscoggin and Saco rivers—originate there.

first appeared: 6/19/2005

The second person to sign the Declaration of Independence (after John Hancock), Kingston (pop. 5,862) physician Josiah Bartlett represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress. His name lives on in the TV show The West Wing, which features President Josiah Bartlet, a fictional descendant of the early leader.

first appeared: 6/5/2005

The home, gardens and studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), one of the nation’s greatest sculptors and monument builders, are preserved at a national historic site near Cornish (pop. 1,661).

first appeared: 5/22/2005

During his tenure as coach of the U.S. Ski Team from 1961 to 1969, Bob Beattie of Manchester coached the American men, including Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga, to their first Olympic medals during the 1964 games at Innsbruck, Austria. Beattie later co-founded the sport’s World Cup.

first appeared: 5/8/2005

In 1809, Gen. John Stark was asked to attend a reunion of soldiers who fought at the 1777 Battle of Bennington. Unable to attend, he wrote a toast to be read during the event. The state’s motto, "Live Free or Die," comes from his salute.

first appeared: 4/24/2005

The 1805 Athenaeum—a library and museum—in Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) was the centerpiece of the city’s Market Square. Cannons adorning the entrance were captured at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

first appeared: 4/10/2005

The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord (pop. 40,687) is a memorial to the first "Teacher in Space." McAuliffee was a member of the NASA crew who died in 1986 when the Challenger space shuttle exploded immediately after launch.

first appeared: 3/27/2005

In 2004, Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school in Exeter (pop. 9,759), had the largest endowment of any U.S. secondary school—$639 million.

first appeared: 3/13/2005

In the late 1800s, Littleton (pop 4,431) was home to several manufacturers of stereoscopic views, images that produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope.

first appeared: 2/27/2005

Since 1970, the Unitarian Church of Peterborough (pop. 2,944) has hosted the Monadnock Summer Lyceum, a series of Sunday morning lectures on a broad range of topics, including, in 2004, politics, the Patriot Act, and the American language and community.

first appeared: 2/13/2005

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