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A Little New Hampshire History

Early historians record that in 1623, under the authority of an English land-grant, Captain John Mason, in conjunction with several others, sent David Thomson, a Scotchman, and Edward and Thomas Hilton, fish-merchants of London, with a number of other people in two divisions to establish a fishing colony in what is now New Hampshire, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.

One of these divisions, under Thomson, settled near the river's mouth at a place they called Little Harbor or "Pannaway," now the town of Rye, where they erected salt-drying fish racks and a "factory" or stone house. The other division under the Hilton brothers set up their fishing stages on a neck of land eight miles above, which they called Northam, afterwards named Dover.

In 1865 New Hampshire joined the vanguard of American science by establishing a fish and game department, the first one of its kind in New England. Since that date, the efforts of this department have been devoted to the propagation and conservation of fish and game.

Some New Hampshire Firsts...

     1719 First potato planted in the US at Londonderry Common Field (Derry) 
     1774 First state to declare itself independent from England 
     1776 First state to adopt a revolutionary constitution 
     1778 First state to hold a constitutional convention 
     1783 First state to require that its constitution be referred to the people for approval 
     1833 First free public library in the United States established at Peterborough, NH 
     1952 Held the First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary 

Local Environmental Agencies And Projects Environmental Services Department Department's Home Page which contains information about the various divisions. Rivers Management & Protection Program The program recognizes and designates rivers to be protected for their outstanding natural and cultural resources. Oil Remediation Compliance Bureau A bureau of Environment Services whose mission is to manage the cleanup of petroleum contamination and to ensure petroleum storage facility compliance. Fish and Game Department Department's Home Page which contains information about its activies and programs. Office of State Planning The Office of State Planning is concerned with the management of the State's resources through programs such as the Land Conservation Investment Program, Outdoor Recreation, Scenic and Cultural Byways, Water Protection, and the New Hampshire Coastal program. The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment The Council was organized in 1989 to protect and conserve the ecological balance of coastal and marine habitats in the Gulf of Maine. The international membership includes the five jurisdictions: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Additional information is available here. New Hampshire Estuaries Project is one of seven new programs that was designated for inclusion in the National Estuary Program in July, 1995. This is a three year effort to develop a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan to improve the water quality and enhance the living resources of New Hampshire's estuaries.		NOAA Sponsored Projects Coastal Program The New Hampshire Coastal Program (NHCP) serves as the lead agency in coordinating policies and planning with the coastal communities and several state and federal agencies. Located within the Office of State Planning, the NHCP is funded by the state and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technologies (CICEET) The health of the nation's estuaries, bays and near-shore coastal waters is threatened by point and nonpoint source pollution. To address this issue, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have entered into an agreement to form the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET). Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program The National Sea Grant College Program encourages the wise stewardship of our marine resources through research and education. Sea Grant is a partnership between the nation's universities and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center Coastal Information Directory allows you to Search a variety of databases throughout the U.S. for descriptions of coastal data, information, and products. Use the keyword "New Hampshire" to find out what is happening locally.