New Hampshire Abbreviation: NH

Basics Capital: Concord Date Joined the USA: June 21, 1788 Area: 9,304 square miles

State Symbols State Bird: Purple Finch State Flower: Purple Lilac Nickname: The Granite State

Bordering States Maine Vermont New York Massachusetts

Largest Cities Manchester Nashua Concord

Cardinal Direction from MD Northeast

Interesting Facts/ Weird Laws You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a restaurant or café. It is illegal to pick seaweed up off the beach. Famous Residents: Triple H (wrestler)

Challenge Facts 1 -4 Wrote the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb” – Sarah Josepha Hale The first scuplter to design an American coin – Augustus Saint - Gaudens Invented the first alarm clock in 1787 – Levi Hutchins The smallest town in New Hampshire – New Castle

Challenge Facts 5 - 8 Organized the nation’s first credit union to help mill workers save and borrow money – Monsignor Pierre Hevey Recruited engineers to develop the first home video game – Ralph Baer The first American in space – Alan Shepard of Derry First private citizen selected to go into space – Christa McAuliffe (teacher)

Challenge Facts 9 & 10 The oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire – Dover A 4000 year old prehistoric site in Salem – America’s Stonehenge