It Happened in New Hampshire: Stories of Events and People that Shaped Granite State History (3rd Edition) (It Happened In Series)

By: Stillman Rogers

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Synopsis: From a bizarre French and Indian War battle to the state&’s first impeachment trial, It Happened in New Hampshire looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Granite State.Relive the humorous, not-so-adventurous &“camping&” trip by a group of America&’s most famous industrial titans in 1919, whose necessities included a personal chef and an electric generator.Find out how one woman&’s kind act toward a young Native American years later spared her and her children from certain death during a ruthless revenge attack on settlers in a Dover garrison.Learn how concern to protect the White Mountains from environmental degradation contributed to the establishment of national forests across the United States.Discover how a fearless force of thirty soldiers refused surrender and sucessfully held off an army of 700 French militia and Indian allies at a remote outpost.Read about how two colonial governors—who, coincidentally, were close relatives—shocked their citizens with nearly equally scandalous, completely unexpected marriages.