History

In our continuing series Only in New Hampshire, we tackle listener questions about the Granite State communities and occasionally get the chance to…

The Historical Society of Cheshire County is rededicating a gravestone today of a 9-year-old girl who died in 1761 after it was found years later at a…

This weekend at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover, the dead will come back to life...sort of.As part of the Woodman Museum’s "Voices from the Cemetery"…

Economist and Harvard professor Mihir Desai uses philosophy, film, literature, and history to analyze finance as an institution built on morality and…

If you find yourself in downtown Berlin, New Hampshire, take a glance at the Androscoggin River. There, in the middle of the water, you’ll notice a long,…

On today's show: Civics 101: U.S. Territories"Found at Sea": from Producer Andy Short. Listen again at PRX.org.10-Minute Writer's Workshop: Michael…

On today's show:Producer Hannah McCarthy takes a drive up to Livermore to find out why a recent census listed the ghost town's population as "3". You can…

Aerosmith has been going strong for decades, but the legendary rock band actually traces its roots back to New Hampshire.Lead singer Steven Tyler and…

Several organizations are coming together to address what they say has been an abrupt and sharp decline in basic historical knowledge among New Hampshire…

New Hampshire students may soon be brushing up on their state history. A new law will require New Hampshire high school students to take one credit of…