16．Daniel Webster was a politician and statesman，born at Franklin in 1782．He was known in his day as a mighty orator（演说者，演讲者），a reputation preserved in the Stephen Vincent Benet story The Devil and Daniel Webster，in which he beats the original lawyer，Lucifer，in a contract case over a man’s soul．
17．New Hampshire’s State House is the oldest state capitol（国会大厦，州议会大厦，（古罗马的）主神殿（丘比特神殿））in which a legislature still meets in its original chambers．
18．Alexandria（亚历山大大帝）was the birthplace of Luther C．Ladd，the first enlisted soldier to lose his life in the Civil War．
19．The very first motorized ascent of the Mount Washington auto road was by Feelan O．Stanley，of Stanley Steamer fame，in 1899．
20．Dover was settled in 1623．It is the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire．
21．The karner blue butterfly，lynx（［动］山猫，猞猁），bald eagle，short nose sturgeon（［鱼］鲟鱼），Sunapee trout，Atlantic salmon（［鱼］鲑鱼，大麻哈鱼，鲜肉色）and dwarf wedge mussel（［动］贻贝，蚌类）are on the State’s endangered species list．
22．Founded in 1866at Durham，the University of New Hampshire serves an undergraduate population of 10，500students．
23．The Enfield Shaker community was one of eighteen villages located from Maine to Kentucky and from Massachusetts to Ohio．
24．The quintessential（精粹的，精髓的）New England community of Wolfeboro is known as“The Oldest Summer Resort in America”．
25．Augustus SaintGaudens from Cornish was the first sculptor to design an American coin．His commission became fraught（充满……的）with difficulties related to SaintGaudens’desire for high relief relative to the demands of mass production and use．
26．America’s Stonehenge is a 4000yearold megalithic（［考古］巨石造成的，使用巨石的）（stone constructed）site located on Mystery Hill in Salem and presently serves as a leisurely，educational tour for the whole family．
27．The Pierce Manse in Concord is the home of the only New Hampshire citizen ever elected President．Franklin Pierce was a hero of the war with Mexico and the youngest President elected at that time．
28．The Memorial Bell Tower at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge has four bronze basreliefs designed by Norman Rockwell．The bell tower is specifically dedicated（献（身），致力，）to womenmilitary and civilianwho died serving their country．
29．The first free public library in the United States was established at Peterborough in 1833．
30．The Bavarianstyle hamlet（小村，部落）of Merrimack（梅里马克，美国新罕布什尔州南部一城镇，位于梅里马克河沿岸，曼彻斯特南部。它拥有多种轻工业。）is home to the famous eighthorse hitch，and the Clydesdales maintained by the AnheuserBusch Brewery．
31．Cannon Aerial Tramway is the first aerial passenger tramway（〈英〉电车轨道，〈美〉缆车索道）in North America．It was built in 1938at Franconia Notch．
32．In Holderness Captain Pierre Havre and his canine first mate，Bogie，have built a sailing tour around the locations from the Katherine Hepburn／Henry Fonda movie On Golden Pond．
33．The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord is a stateofthe art planetarium（行星仪，天文馆）dedicated to the memory of New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe，who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger．
34．New Hampshire’s state motto is“Live Free or Die”．The motto comes from a statement written by the Revolutionary General John Stark，hero of the Battle of Bennington．
35．As leaders in the revolutionary cause，New Hampshire delegates received the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4，1776．
36．New Hampshire has 10counties，13municipalities，221towns and 22unincorporated（未被承认为自治组织的）places．
37．Sarah Josepha Hale author and journalist who wrote the poem“Mary Had a Little Lamb”in 1830is from Newport，New Hampshire．
38．The Belknap Mill built at Laconia（拉哥尼亚（古希腊南部的一王国，位于伯罗奔尼撒半岛东南部））in 1823is the oldest unaltered（未被改变的，不变的）brick knitting mill in America．
39．The Blue Ghost of Wolfeboro is the U．S．Mail Boat for Lake Winnipesaukee．It makes a daily 60mile loop delivering mail to 30stops at camps and islands around the lake．
40．At Stonyfield Farm in Londonderry you can learn how yogurt（（=yoghurt）酸奶酪，酵母乳）is made．From cow to incubator（培养的器具，孵卵器，早产儿保育器）to cooler．They give away samples and you can buy some“moo”chandise．
41．New Hampshire did not officially adopt a state flag until 1909．Prior to that，New Hampshire had numerous regimental flags to represent the state．The present flag has only been changed once，in 1931when the state’s seal was modified．
42．The USS Albacore was a prototype（原型）submarine built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and commissioned in 1953．At the time she was the fastest submarine ever designed．
43．The first capital city of New Hampshire was in Exeter．
44．The granite（花岗岩）profile“Old Man of the Mountain”is one of the most famous natural landmarks in the state．The Old Man’s head measures 40feet from chin to forehead and is made up of five ledges．Nature carved this profile thousands of years ago．The natural sculpture is 1，200feet above Echo Lake．
45．It takes approximately 40gallons of sap to make approximately 1gallon of maple（［植］枫，枫木）syrup（糖浆，果汁）．
46．Wallace D．Lovell built the Hampton River Bridge in 1900called the“milelong bridge”．It was reputed to be the longest wooden bridge in the world．
47．Captain John Smith named New Hampshire after the town of Hampshire，England．
48．New Hampshire has a changeable climate，with wide variations in daily and seasonal temperatures．The variations are affected by proximity to the ocean，mountains，lakes or rivers．The state enjoys all four seasons．Summers are short and cool；winters are long and cold；fall is glorious with foliage（树叶，植物）．The weather station on Mount Washington has recorded some of the coldest temperatures and strongest winds in the continental United States．
49．New Castle is the smallest town in New Hampshire．The town is composed of one large island and several smaller islands，and serves as a scenic residential and recreational community．
50．The Pembroke Glass Works produced crown window glass from 1839until 1850．The process of gathering molten glass（熔融态玻璃，玻璃液）on a blowpipe，and blowing the glass into a balloon shape．The blowpipe（吹风管）is removed，a solid“punty”（（用以粘住玻璃半成品以便进行加工的）顶底杆）rod is attached and the glass is spun rapidly until a disc is formed．When the glass cools the outer portion beyond the central knob is then cut into panes．
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