"From the tragic tale of young Lizzie Bourne's death on Mount Washington to the unsuccessful one hundred-year effort to save the Old Man of the Mountain, 'It Happened in New Hampshire' takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the facinating characters and episodes that mark the Granite State's eventful past. Here you'll read about the bizarre demise of the Wiley family in a Crawford Notch avalanche and Abijah Larned's bungled bank robbery...

Preserving Old Barns is a wonderful resource for barn owners to assess, care for, and celebrate their special structures. This illustrated, full-color second edition features over two hundred pictures, one hundred pages of new information from author John Porter, and barn preservation techniques from timber framer Arron Sturgis. It provides a practical understanding of the history, function, and preservation of old barns.

Four centuries of recorded history have been enacted upon this granite terrain, and the authors have masterfully distilled this long drama into a stirring narrative. "New Hampshire is a small state, heavy with history," they write - the modest beginning of a story, which then confidently as its subject takes as its subject the whole of New Hampshire's development.

The resourcefulness of Granite Staters in their efforts to innovate and improvise is the reason for this incredible and intriguing cast of true stories about New Hampshire people living what they love and loving what they do. Hidden in the cracks and crevices of the Granite State are the stories of pioneers who pursued their passions, creating legacies along the way. There is the tale of the mountain man who became an innkeeper; the “Bird Man”...