A History Lover’s Guide to New Hampshire

Uniquely New Hampshire

New Hampshire has always been fiercely independent, and its history, museums and festivals reflect that trait. Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe broke baseball’s color barrier with the Nashua Dodgers in 1946, and Holman Stadium is now a stop on the Black Heritage Trail. Three of the state’s historic mansions--the Fells, the Castle in the Clouds and the Saint-Gaudens historic site--remain as impressive today as when they were built. Portsmouth’s historic homes give a portrait of life in colonial and Revolutionary times. From the New England Telephone Museum in Warner to the Exeter UFO Festival, the state has a wealth of history on display.

Kathleen D. Bailey and Sheila R. Bailey lead a trip through the past and present of the Granite State’s most memorable sites.

Kathleen D. Bailey is a journalist and novelist with forty years’ experience in the nonfiction, newspaper and inspirational fields. While she’s always dreamed of publishing fiction and has three novels in print, her three previous Arcadia projects--Exeter: Past and Present, New Hampshire War Monuments and Growing Up in Concord--made her fall in love with nonfiction and telling real people’s stories. Sheila R. Bailey is a freelance photographer living in Concord, New Hampshire. She recently coauthored Exeter: Past and Present along with shooting the contemporary photos for New Hampshire War Monuments: The Stories Behind the Stones and Growing Up in Concord, New Hampshire.