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The Hannah Duston statue in Boscawen marked the first American woman to be honored with a statue, in 1874. If you’ve never heard her badass story, I’d strongly reccomend reading it: legendsofamerica.com/hannah-dustins…

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NH Seantors are paid an annual salary of $200 plus mileage.

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NH’s first turnpike, incorporated in 1796, ran for 36 miles between Portsmouth and Concord with tollgates each mile. The typical charge for a horse and a rider was 1 penny.

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In 1751, Manchester was incorperated as Derryfield. The community was renamed Manchester in 1810 at the suggestion of Samuel Blodget, who had seen the barge canals in Manchester, England, and who constructed the first canal around the Amoskeg falls completed in 1810.

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The average yearly beer consumpion per person in the United States is 28 gallons. The average yearly beer consumption per person in New Hampshire is 44 gallons.

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The Seabrook Nuclear Powerplant began operation in 1990. It is the largest reactor in New England and generates about 42% of NH’s net electricity.

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The current populaion of NH is about 1.37 million. This is just a 0.16% increase from 2010, giving NH one of the slowest growth rates in the US, ranked at 45th.

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There are three outlet shopping districts in New Hampshire; Tilton, Merrimack and North Conway.

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On May 30, 2019, the New Hampshire Senate voted 16-8 to override Governor Chris Sununu's veto of House Bill 455, which changed the punishment of capital murder from capital punishment to life in prison. New Hampshire became the 21st state to abolish the death penalty.

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77% of New Hampshirites visit the dentist at least once a year.

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In 1812 Gunstock Parish was renamed by the town’s oldest citizen, Sergeant Lenuel B. Mason, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He chose the name Gilford.

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The NH portion of the Isles of Shoals is part of Rye. The ME portion of the islands is part of Kittery.

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Up until it was repealed in 2010, under NH law adultery could be punished by either 1 year in jail or "up to 39 lashes."

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New Hampshire has the highest concentration in the U.S. of voters affiliated with the Libertarian political party.

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In 1974 George Maynard was cited, fined, and eventually jailed for masking the “Live Free Or Die” motto on his car’s license plate. 3 years later, the Supreme Court ruled this to be unconstitutional in a 6-3 vote.