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Find New Hampshire real estate listings, houses for sale, new homes, foreclosures and
more. View the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in many areas. Click a link below
to view homes for sale in New Hampshire After a 38-year period of union with
Massachusetts, New Hampshire was made a separate royal colony in 1679. 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.
New Hampshire gained a measure of international attention in 1905 when
Portsmouth Naval Base played host to the signing of the treaty ending the
Russo-Japanese War, known as the Treaty of Portsmouth.
Abundant water power turned New Hampshire into an industrial state early on, and
manufacturing is the principal source of income. The most important industrial
products are electrical and other machinery, textiles, pulp and paper products,
and stone and clay products. Dairy and poultry, and growing fruit, truck
vegetables, corn, potatoes, and hay are the major agricultural pursuits.
Because of New Hampshire's scenic and recreational resources, tourism now brings
over $3.5 billion into the state annually. Vacation attractions include
Lake Winnipesaukee, largest of 1,300 lakes and ponds; the 724,000-acre White
Mountain National Forest; Daniel Webster's birthplace near Franklin; and
Strawbery Banke, restored buildings of the original settlement at Portsmouth. In
2003, the famous “Old Man of the Mountain” granite head profile, the state's
official emblem, fell from its perch in Franconia.
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Map of New Hampshire Counties
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