Some New Hampshire Seacoast history is hidden in plain sight and some is just plain hidden. Meet the minister and early religious founder who was involved in an armed confrontation with a rival minister in Dover in 1640. Find out how a one-time high school assistant principal in Rochester became a world famous business leader and ended up meeting President Grover Cleveland. Discover the stories about "ghost" racetracks on the Somersworth/Dover town line before they disappear as well as the "pile of rocks" that stopped a multi-million dollar high school project in Windham. Some of New England's most fascinating history, from Durham to Madbury and North Hampton to Portsmouth, can be found in "Hidden History of the New Hampshire Seacoast", published by The History Press.
This video features a sampling of the many intriguing images in the book.

"Gassenhauer" was written for the lute in 1536 by Hans Neusiedler. Carl Orff rearranged it for the xylophone in the 1930's and his version has been used in several movies, most notably in the 1973 film "Badlands".