Reflecting a nationwide trend, New Hampshire's industrial sector declined after World War II. Since 1950, its economy has diversified to include financial services, real estate, education, transportation and high-tech, with manufacturing still higher than the US average. Its population surged as highways connected it toGreater Boston and led to morecommuter towns. New Hampshire is among the wealthiest and most-educated states, tying Massachusetts for the highestHuman Development in the nation. It is one of nine states without an income tax and has no taxes on sales, capital gains, or inheritance while relying heavily on local property taxes to fund education; consequently, its statetax burden is among the lowest in the country. New Hampshire is one of theleast religious states and known for itslibertarian-leaning political culture; it is one of the least liberal states inNew England. The New Hampshire Republican Party has held a trifecta majority in state level government since 2017, with the exception of 2019 and 2020, while the Democratic Party has held a majority on federal level representation in Congress. New Hampshire is the only state to have a woman as governor and women as both U.S. senators. (Full article...)
Born inClaremont, New Hampshire, Cochran was the second of four siblings of the famous "Skiing Cochrans" family ofRichmond, Vermont, which has operated a smallski area in their backyard since 1961. Her father, Gordon "Mickey" Cochran, was a longtime coach, coaching youngsters of the Smuggler's Notch Ski Club, the University of Vermont Ski Team, and theU.S. Ski Team. The family has placed several generations of athletes on the U.S. Ski Team: three-time national champion sisterMarilyn, Barbara Ann, nine-time national champion brotherBob, and two-time national champion sisterLindy. The family's next generation includes niece Jessica Kelley, nephewsJimmy Cochran, Roger Brown,Tim Kelley,Robby Kelley, and son,Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who won silver medals in the Super-G at the2022 and2026 Winter Olympics. (Full article...)
Image 10The historical coat of arms of New Hampshire, from 1876 (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 11Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth,New York Public Library (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 12TheStrawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire includes 37 restored buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 15Map of New Hampshire, with roads, rivers, and major cities (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 16Largest reported ancestry groups in New Hampshire by town as of 2013. Dark purple indicates Irish, light purple English, pink French, turquoise French Canadian, dark blue Italian, and light blue German. Gray indicates townships with no reported data. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 23TheStrawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire includes 37 restored buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 24Thompson Hall, atUNH, was built in 1892. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 26The highly industrious Founding FatherJosiah Bartlett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and served as a delegate at the Constitutional Convention. He was the first governor of New Hampshire, a medical doctor, and chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature (now the New Hampshire Supreme Court). TheJosiah Bartlett House in Kingston, New Hampshire still stands. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 28Thompson Hall, atUNH, was built in 1892. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 29Broadside statement of Congress of the Colony of New Hampshire, referencing "sudden & abrupt departure" of Royal GovernorJohn Wentworth, January 1776 (fromHistory of New Hampshire)
Image 35The highly industrious Founding FatherJosiah Bartlett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and served as a delegate at the Constitutional Convention. He was the first governor of New Hampshire, a medical doctor, and chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature (now the New Hampshire Supreme Court). TheJosiah Bartlett House in Kingston, New Hampshire still stands. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 39Largest reported ancestry groups in New Hampshire by town as of 2013. Dark purple indicates Irish, light purple English, pink French, turquoise French Canadian, dark blue Italian, and light blue German. Gray indicates townships with no reported data. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 40Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth,New York Public Library (fromNew Hampshire)
... thatGeoffrey Holt, an unassuming New Hampshire man who worked as a groundskeeper in a mobile home park where he resided, left $3.8 million tohis small town after his death?
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