It was the summer of 1859 that Charles Blondin became famous. He was a tightrope walker who walked on a  rope stretched across the Niagara Falls. He was 160 feet above the falls and walked back and fo...  Read More

In 1945 New Hampshire voted on a motto for their state. For many years the license plates of New Hampshire  have carried the slogan, made famous by Revolutionary War general John Stark – "live free or...  Read More

Years ago electricity was being brought to rural areas for the first time. Never before had people seen tall poles  lining the roads and electrical wires running for miles. Amazingly, many rural famil...  Read More

If you’ve ever gone backpacking, you know what a wonderful adventure it can be. The first thing you need to  do is to choose everything you are going to need for your time in the wilderness. One perso...  Read More

On July 3, 1776, the day before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, George Washington wrote a  letter to his wife, anticipating the hardships which would soon occur. Here in part are his w...  Read More

On July 21, 1961 astronaut Gus Grissom piloted 15 minutes, 37 seconds on his suborbital flight, two months  after fellow NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. was the first American to fly into space. Griss...  Read More