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Hidden History of New Hampshire
Hidden History of New Hampshire is an anthology of 60 true stories about the Granite State.

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Hidden History of New Hampshire

Mount Washington "Devil's Shingle," circa 1870. Courtesy Mount Washington Observatory Collection.
New Hampshire pioneers built the first mountain-climbing train and published the first mountaintop newspaper delivered each morning to the base of the mountain via a Mount Washington "Devil's Shingle." www.mountwashington.org

Memorial Bell Tower, Cathedral of the Pines, 2008. Photo credit: E.W. Whitney III.
They built the Wells Fargo stagecoach of the nation--the Concord Coach--and created the first war memorial dedicated to women--the Memorial Bell Tower at the Cathedral of the Pines. www.cathedralofthepines.org.

Each of the state's three grand hotels boasts distinctive history of national significance.

Commemorative postcard, 1905 Japanese-Russian Peace Conference. Courtesy Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum/C Doleac Collection.
For thirty days in August, 1905, Wentworth-by-the-Sea hosted the Japanese and Russian delegations in negotiations at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, resulting in the peace treaty for which President Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. www.wentworth.com

In 1944, the remote location of the Mount Washington Hotel made it the logical choice to host the world's first and only monetary conference resulting in the establishment of the gold standard.
www.mountwashingtonresort.com

Old postcard, The Balsams at the base of Dixville Notch. Steve Barba Collection.
And in the far corner of the Balsams Hotel, farthest from the Notch that made it famous, the Voting Room chronicles the first presidential primary in the nation held every four years in Dixville Notch. www.thebalsams.com

Other inspiring stories profile pioneering women who defied the odds, overcame great obstacles and led by example--magazine editor Sarah Joseph Hale; Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science; Mrs.J. Randolph Coolidge, founder of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen; Marian MacDowell, founder of the MacDowell Colony; and the nation's teacher astronaut Christa McAuliffe.

A band of coed hikers outside the two-year-old Madison Spring Hut, autumn, 1890. Courtesy Appalachian Mountain Club.
The White Mountains inspired pioneers to found the first mountaineering club in America; carve the first ski hill and stage the first slalom race in the nation at Tuckerman's Ravine, all of which is chronicled at the New England Ski Museum in Franconia.

The Nansen Jump, 1938. Photo copy: Mark R. Ducharme. Courtesy: Northern Forest Heritage Park.
When they immigrated to logging jobs in the north woods of Berlin, New Hampshire, Norwegian immigrants brought their winter sports with them, including ski touring and ski jumping. They built the first ski jump in the nation, followed by a second jump, the Nansen Jump, host site of the 1938 Olympic ski trials.

Hidden History of New Hampshire celebrates both the phenomenal feats of individuals and also pays tribute to the importance of historic preservation and communities as in the case of the state's earliest neighborhood at Strawbery Banke; and the Shaker legacies preserved at Canterbury and Enfield.

The oldest Shaker Meetinghouse, Canterbury, 2008. Photo credit: D. Quincy Whitney.
The Meetinghouse, built at Canterbury Shaker Village, 1792.