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Wentworth by the Sea, a sprawling 19th-century hotel in New Castle (pop. 1,010), was restored and reopened in 2003 after being closed for some two decades. In its time, it was one of the most famous luxury hotels on the Eastern Seaboard.

first appeared: 6/27/2004

In 1828, female mill workers walked out of the Cotton Factory in Dover (pop. 26,884), inciting the first women’s strike in the nation. It began when cost-cutting measures slashed women’s wages, but not men’s.

first appeared: 6/20/2004

For more than 40 years, runners have competed in a grueling footrace of nearly eight miles up Mount Washington, the highest peak—at 6,288 feet—in the Northeast.

first appeared: 6/13/2004

When completed, the 162-mile Cohos Trail will be the longest single foot-trail venture in the state’s history. It runs from the White Mountains to the Canadian border.

first appeared: 6/6/2004

Able to accommodate more than 101,000 spectators during each NASCAR Nextel Cup event, the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon (pop. 4,481) is New England’s largest sports facility.

first appeared: 5/30/2004

In 1642, English explorer Darby Field was the first white man to climb the mountain that ultimately was named Mount Washington, the state’s highest peak.

first appeared: 5/23/2004

Poet Celia Thaxter was 4 years old in 1839 when her father accepted a job as lighthouse keeper on White Island, one of the nine Isles of Shoals off the Granite State coast. Her childhood memories are recorded in Among the Isles of Shoals.

first appeared: 5/16/2004

The Peak House, a hotel built in 1893 atop Mount Chocorua, sat precariously on granite ledges until, in the fall of 1915, it was blown down in a storm.

first appeared: 5/9/2004

Heidi Preuss of Lakeport, a part of Laconia (pop. 16,411), took fourth place in women’s downhill ski racing at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

first appeared: 5/2/2004

The lilac, the official state flower, first arrived in North America through Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) in 1750. The state’s Lilac and Wildflower Commission oversees the planting of lilacs throughout the state.

first appeared: 4/25/2004

The state established and funded the League of Arts and Crafts in 1931, making New Hampshire the first state in the nation to support crafts. The renamed League of NH Craftsmen has seven galleries around the state that sell the work of local and state-juried League members.

first appeared: 4/18/2004

Plainfield (pop. 2,241) adopted the nickname Bird Village for the bird-watching research conducted there by naturalist Ernest Harold Baynes (1879-1959). Baynes also founded the American Buffalo Society.

first appeared: 4/11/2004

Hampshire Pewter Co. in Wolfeboro (pop. 2,979) uses 16th-century techniques to produce pewter table accessories. It’s the only firm in the country to mix and use Queen’s metal, an alloy of tin, antimony, copper, bismuth and silver.

first appeared: 4/4/2004

Months before his famous “midnight ride,” Paul Revere rode from Boston to Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) to warn of a possible impending raid by British ships. Residents thereupon stormed the armory at nearby Fort William and Mary and emptied it of munitions and powder.

first appeared: 3/28/2004

Earl Silas Tupper (1907-83), the founder of Tupperware, was born to a farm family in Berlin (pop. 11,824). At age 10, he discovered he could sell more of his family’s farm produce if he went door-to-door.

first appeared: 3/21/2004

The state Legislature, with 400 representatives and 24 senators, is the second largest legislative body in the United States, second only to the U.S. Congress.

first appeared: 3/14/2004

Endicott Rock State Park in Laconia (pop. 16,411) is the site of a rock inscribed in 1652 with the name of John Endicott, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the initials of his survey party.

first appeared: 3/14/2004

The Memorial Bell Tower at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge (pop. 750) has four bronze bas-reliefs designed by Norman Rockwell.

first appeared: 3/7/2004

Geologists speculate that the Old Man of the Mountain, which tumbled into Profile Lake on May 3, 2003, was formed by a retreating glacier during the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago.

first appeared: 2/29/2004

John Langdon of Portsmouth (pop. 20,784) administered the oath of office to America’s first president, George Washington, on April 30, 1789. Langdon was president of the newly-formed U.S. Senate.

first appeared: 2/22/2004

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