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| Salmon P. Chase |
| "And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God." |
| US Supreme Court Justice |
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| George Washington |
"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."
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| John Adams |
"The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were.... the general principles of Christianity."
June 28, 1813 Letter to Thomas Jefferson |
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| Entered the Union: June 21, 1788 (9) |
Capital: Concord |
| Origin of Name: after the English county of Hampshire |
| State Nickname: Granite State |
State Tree: White Birch |
| State Motto: Live free or die |
State Bird: Purple Finch |
| State Mammal: White-tailed Deer |
State Flower: Purple Lilac |
| State Songs: “Old New Hampshire" • "New Hampshire, My New Hampshire" |
| National Forests: 1 • State Parks: 65 |
State Butterfly: Karner Blue |
| Famous For: Autumn splendor, White Mountain National Forest, 1300 lakes, Maple Syrup |
| Famous New Hampshirites: Robert Frost (poet), John Irving (writer), Salmon P. Chase • Harlan F. Stone (US Supreme Court), Benjamin Keith (theater entrepreneur), Franklin Pierce (President), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (sculptor), Alan Shepard (astronaut), Daniel Webster (statesman), Henry Wilson (vice president), Joseph Worcester (lexicographer) |
Animals and Birds: Click on photos of the animals and birds on
this page to find out more about them and to hear the sounds they make. |
| State Fair: Contoocook |
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| New Hampshire National Forests |
| New Hampshire State Parks |
| New Hampshire Historic Sites |
| New Hampshire Attractions |
| Skiing in New Hampshire |
| Fishing in New Hampshire |
| Hunting in New Hampshire |
| New Hampshire Photo Gallery |
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| New Hampshire Butterfly Gallery |
| Listen to Purple Finch Song |
| New Hampshire Homeschooling |
| New Hampshire Resorts |
| New Hampshire RV Parks |
| New Hampshire Hotels & Reviews |
| New Hampshire Restaurants & Reviews |
| The Abenaki and Pennacook Indians were living in the area of New Hampshire when Europeans arrived. |
| In 1603, an English sea captain, Martin Pring, explored the shoreline and a small part of the interior of New Hampshire. In 1623, Capt. John Smith sent settlers to establish a fishing colony at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, near present-day Rye and Dover. Capt. John Mason, who participated in the founding of Portsmouth in 1630, gave New Hampshire its name (after his home county in Hampshire, England). |
| Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. |
| As leaders in the revolutionary cause, New Hampshire delegates received the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. |
| The first U.S. public library is founded in Peterborough. |
| The first potato grown in the United States was planted at Londonderry Common Field (now Derry) in 1719. |
| The Brattle organ in St. John’s Church in Portsmouth is the oldest pipe organ in the United States. Still played on special occasions, it dates back to 1708. |
| The highest wind speed recorded at ground level was on April 12, 1934 at Mt. Washington. The winds were three times as fast as those in most hurricanes -- 231 MPH. |
| The longest covered bridge, the 460-foot Cornish-Windsor Bridge, crosses the Connecticut River. |
| In 1833 the first free public library in the United States was established in Peterborough. |
| Levi Hutchins of Concord invented the first alarm clock in 1787. |
| Wolfeboro is known as "The Oldest Summer Resort in America". |
| It takes approximately 40 gallons of sap to make approximately 1 gallon of maple syrup. |
| America's Stonehenge is a 4000 year old megalithic (stone constructed) site located on Mystery Hill in Salem |
| Alan B. Shepard, Jr. of East Derry, New Hampshire became the first American in Space when he orbited the earth in Freedom 7 in May 1961. |
| Merrimack is home to the famous Clydesdales maintained by the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. Standing at 18 hands high (almost 6 feet) at the shoulder, Budweiser Clydesdales weigh approximately 2,000 pounds. They must be geldings, bay in color, have four white stockings and a blaze of white on the face, as well as a black mane and tail. A gentle temperment also is important, as hitch horses meet millions of people each year. In two daily meals, a Budweiser Clydesdale hitch horse will consume 20 to 25 quarts of feed, 50 to 60 pounds of hay and up to 30 gallons of water. |
| New Hampshire's Ethnic Roots: French 25.2%, Irish 19.4%, English 18%, German 8.6%, Italian 8.5% |
| Religion in New Hampshire: 80% Christian (43% Protestant, 35% Catholic, 2% Other), 19% No Religion, 1% Other Religions |
| Robert Frost, a poet who won four Pulitzer Prizes, lived in Derry and Franconia, New Hampshire. |
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