New Hampshire
by Cathy
Do you know of a rock ledge in the shape of a man's face? In New Hampshire, they call it the "Old Man of the Mountain". New Hampshire is a New England state in the northeastern part of the United States. New Hampshire is a very closely packed in by other states. Massachusettes is in the south, Vermont in the west, Canada in the north and northwest. Maine closes in on New Hampshire in the east. New Hampshire's climate is varied because it is so near to both mountains and the ocean. New Hampshire is ranked 44th in size, only 9,307 square miles. Puny compared to Mississippi's 48,454 square miles. New Hampshire's population is about 7,945,298 people. The capital is Concord, and NH's biggest cities are Nashua, Manchester, and Portsmouth. Other main cities are Salem, Dover, Rochester, and Keene. New Hampshire' s land-forms are low rolling coast followed by countless hills and mountains rising out of a central plateau, and 5,021,000 acres of forest.
Some interesting facts are:
There are only 10 counties. NH 's highest point is 6,208 ft – Mount
Washington. New Hampshire became the 9th state on June 21st, 1780.
Native Americans think the Great White Spirit lives in the White Mountains. New
Hampshire's state motto is "Live Free or Die." The state bird is the purple
finch, the state tree is white birch, the state song is "Old New Hampshire", the
state flower is the purple lilac, the state seal was adopted in 1931,and NH's flag was
adopted in 1909.
New Hampshire's history goes a long way back here is a shortened version. In 1603, Martin Pring (English) was first explorer to set foot on New Hampshire soil. In 1614, Captain John Smith explored Isles of Shouls. In 1623, David Thompson made a settlement (Rye). In 1629- John Mason received land, and called it "New Hampshire" after a city in Great Britain. In 1630, Portsmouth was founded. In 1641, NH was claimed as a part of Massachusettes. In 1680, The King of England declared New Hampshire a colony. In 1727, Concord was settled. In 1740, the population reached 23,000.
In 1756, the first newspaper was published in Portsmouth, which is the New Hampshire Gazette. In 1769, Dartsmouth College was founded. In 1788, NH became the ninth state. In 1800, the population exceeded to 183,868 people. In 1805, The Old Man of the mountain was discovered. In 1808, Concord becomes the permanent capital.
In 1832, the Indian Stream Republic settled the border dispute between Canada/America. In 1838, the first railroad of NH was built.
In 1853, Franklin Pierce (New Hampshire born) became the 14th president. In 1861-1865, about 34,000 men from New Hampshire helped the Civil War. In 1869, a railroad to the top of Mount Washington opened.
In 1911, the White Mountains area became a national forest. An in 1919, the State Board of Education was organized.
Some of New Hampshire's customs are the First Primary Election, The New Hampshire Gazette, (which is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S.) New Hampshirans love to make pewter dishes, get maple sugar, and to watch the car racing at Loudon International Speedway.
New Hampshire is about the best place to ski down snow mountains, hike through the woods, visit beaches, go to White mountain National Forest to see where the Abnaki Indians lived, take pictures of the flumes( which is a narrow canyon) and the Old Man of the Mountains. You can learn about art and science at the Arts and Science Center in Nashua. These are just some of the attractions of "Old New Hampshire".
New Hampshire makes many products- they manufacture surgery and optical instruments, lenses, printing and publishing equipment, metal, electrical equipment, rubber, plastic products, granite products, pewter products, ships, computers, and circuit boards.
New Hampshire has a lot of farmland, which means they grow a lot of apples, sweet corn, and hay. They raise cows, hogs, and turkeys. NH also collects maple sugar from their maple trees and cut timber from their many pine trees. New Hampshire’s hen lay many fresh eggs too. New Hampshire’ s natural resources above ground are wild berries and game, rivers for dams, wild peanut and lobster. New Hampshire’ s resourses from below ground are granite, sand for glass, gravel, clay, gemstones, fossil fuels, and coal.
I have never been to New Hampshire, but through this report, I have learned much more interesting and important facts about New Hampshire. Now I know how important New Hampshire is to the whole United States.
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