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...)
When it became clear in the 1950s that the library had outgrown its existing building, the school initially hired an architect who proposed a traditional design for the new building. Deciding instead to construct a library with a contemporary design, the school gave the commission toLouis Kahn in 1965. The library opened in 1971. In 1997 the library received theTwenty-five Year Award from theAmerican Institute of Architects, an award that recognizes architecture of enduring significance that is given to no more than one building per year. (Full article...)
Image 2The 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 3Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth,New York Public Library (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 4Shaded relief map of New Hampshire (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 10Largest 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 11Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth,New York Public Library (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 12The historical coat of arms of New Hampshire, from 1876 (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 14Dartmouth College before a debate in 2008 (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 15TheStrawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire includes 37 restored buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 16Thompson Hall, atUNH, was built in 1892. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 21TheStrawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire includes 37 restored buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries. (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 22Map of New Hampshire, with roads, rivers, and major cities (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 27Broadside statement of Congress of the Colony of New Hampshire, referencing "sudden & abrupt departure" of Royal GovernorJohn Wentworth, January 1776 (fromHistory of New Hampshire)
Image 33The historical coat of arms of New Hampshire, from 1876 (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 34Dartmouth College before a debate in 2008 (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 35Largest 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 36Population density by census tract (fromNew Hampshire)
Image 42The 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)
... 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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