June 16, 2022 – Jim Garman Lecture on the Portsmouth Coal Mines During the years 1808-1913 there was, periodically, a great deal of activity at Arnold’s Point in the northwestern part of Portsmouth. Anthracite coal was discovered there early on and mining operations began. Mining continued, off and on, for the next century. The coal […]
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June 16, 2022 – State Representative, Terri Cortvriend (D, 72) and State Senator Jim Seveney (D, 11) sponsored State legislative grants of $1500 each. The grants will be used to fund a hand-crafted antique wood conference table and to purchase conference table chairs for the Portsmouth Historic Society Museum to be used for visitors and
June 5, 2022 – The tour was fully booked as visitors joined us for a walking tour to see the beautiful Melville Park and learn its extensive history! Melville Park is part of the Melville Recreation Area which covers 153 acres. This Town property is dominated by a brook, numerous ponds, a waterfall, a valley
May 29, 2022 – After nearly three years of COVID restrictions, the Main Museum was re-opened
May 13, 2022 – The Newport Navy Choristers, under the direction of Lori McDowell, presented their annual Spring concert, “Proudly We Sing” on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church, Proceeds from the concert benefitwd the Portsmouth Historical Society.
May 25, 2022 – PHS Hosted PBA Business After Hours and Members-Only Reception and Soft Opening Museum “Sneak Peek” PHS hosted the first post=pandemic Portsmouth Business Association “Business After Hours” and also welcomed back PHS Members during a members-only reception at the museum.
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May 6, 2022. Anne Northup Burns, President, was the featured guest on Portsmouth This Week.
Saturday May 7, 2022 – PHS Members got together to do a major cleanup of the Old Town Hall. Many items were transferred to a rented ‘POD’ and the Town Hal was cleaned and vacuumed and major exhibits re-positioned.
April 30, 2022 – Stephen Luce of the Portsmouth Historical Society lead a tour and discussion of four cemeteries in Lawton Valley. First was a visit to the stone cellar hole. It was the home for many of those interred nearby. Next was a walk to, ostensibly. the “oldest” cemetery. It was just recorded last year and
March 23, 2022. Another of the “Gentlemen’s Farms” in the southern part Portsmouth at the beginning of the 20th century was Sandy Point Farm. It was purchased in 1902 by Reginald Vanderbilt. Reginald was the youngest son of Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt of the Breakers and the brother of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who had a
