New Hampshire

See List of New Hampshire-related topics. Injured Reserve. Arena football teams:. Bench. Hockey teams:. Starters. Minor league baseball teams:. However, the franchise also sees great hope in rising star LeBron James, whom many have compared to basketball-great Michael Jordan.

* While Census records may seem to indicate that two separate Census Districts exist for this community, in fact one district is contained entirely within the other.. The team will have a pick in the top 14 of the NBA Draft; also, they must look for a new coach. The three largest Protestant denominations in New Hampshire are: Methodist (11% of the total state population), Baptist (9%), Presbyterian & Episcopalian (tied 2%). The 2005 offseason brings both hope and despair for the Cavs. The religious affiliations of the citizens of New Hampshire are:. The Cavs failed to make the playoffs that year, tied with the resurgent New Jersey Nets for the eighth (and final) playoff spot (the Nets owned the tiebreaker over the Cavs). The 5 largest ancestry groups in New Hampshire are: Irish (19.4%), English (18%), French (14.6%), French Canadian (10.6%), German (8.6%). After a promising start when the team seemed to be locked firmly into the Eastern Conference's 5th playoff spot, the Cavs began a downward spiral that eventually led to the firing of coach Paul Silas and general manager Jim Paxson.

The racial makeup of the state is:. Despite the loss of Carlos Boozer, James teamed with Drew Gooden and Zydrunas Ilgauskas to form the core of the Cavs team. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2003, the population of New Hampshire was 1,287,687. James blossomed into a superstar, increasing his points average, shooting percentage, assists average, and rebounds average. Additionally, New Hampshire's lack of a broad based tax system (aside from the controversial state-wide property tax which former Governor Benson cut nearly in half in two years) has resulted in the state's local communities having some of the nation's highest property taxes, yet overall NH remains ranked 49th in combined average state and local tax burden, due to its lack of income or sales taxes. Hope was even greater for the 2004-2005 season. This is a viable fiscal policy for a small, high-income state with limited social service demands, but it has not been one hundred per cent successful, and pockets of depressed manufacturing activity still remain. The 2003-2004 season offered great hope for the future, as James rose to become a dominating player, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

The state has no personal income tax and advocates a frugal budget, thereby attracting commuters, light industry, specialty horticulture, and service firms from other jurisdictions with high tax policies, notably from neighboring Massachusetts. The Cavs selected high school phenom Lebron James. The current New Hampshire economy is largely driven by fiscal policy. After another disappointing season in 2002-2003, the Cavs landed the number one draft pick in the NBA Lottery. These traditional sectors experienced their sharp decline during the Twentieth Century due to increasingly obsolete plants and increasingly cheaper wages available in the US South. Those seasons saw the Cavs drop to the bottom of the league, becomming a perennial lottery draft team. Today, these sectors contribute only 2% for textiles, 2% for leather goods, and 9% for machining of the state's total manufacturing dollar value (Source: US Economic Census for 1997, Manufacturing, New Hampshire). However, after the Cavs' glory days came several losing seasons.

Historically, the base was composed of the traditional New England manufactures of textiles, shoe-making, and small machining shops drawing upon low wage labor from nearby small farms and from Quebec. The pinnacle of the Cavs' dominance came in the 1991-1992 season, when they compiled a 57-25 record and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, losing to the Chicago Bulls 4-2. New Hampshire experienced a significant shift in its economic base during the last century. These players formed the core of the team that led the Cavs to eight playoff seasons in the next nine years, including three 50-wins plus seasons. Its industrial outputs are machinery, electric equipment, rubber and plastic products, and tourism. In 1986, under the Gund brothers as owners, the team acquired, either through trades or the draft, Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Ron Harper, and Larry Nance. Its agricultural outputs are dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, apples, and eggs. However, brothers George Gund and Gordon Gund purchased the franchise in the mid 1980s and decided to keep the team in Cleveland.

Per capital personal income in 2003 was $35,140, 7^th in the nation. In the 1980s, new owner Ted Stepien quickly hired and fired a succession of coaches and even threatened to move the franchise to Toronto. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) estimates that New Hampshire's total state product in 2003 was $49 billion. The Cavs won the series against the Washington Bullets, 4-3. Because of the many heroics and last-second shots, the series became known as the "Miracle of Richfield." However, hampered by injuries, the Cavs proceeded to lose to the Boston Celtics in round two of the NBA playoffs. The reversion forms the subject of many poems by Robert Frost, while the emigration is consistent with the results of NH native and newspaper legend Horace Greeley imploring, "Go West, Young Man.". He received the league's Coach of the Year award as the Cavs made their first-ever playoff appearance. This change was caused by the abandonment of farms by owners seeking wage jobs in urban areas or bank seizure of unproductive farms, with farming families moving west. In the 1975-1976 season, with Carr, Bingo Smith, Jim Chones, and Dick Snyder, Fitch led the Cavs, as the team is commonly nicknamed, to a stunning 49-33 record, which was the best record in the Central Division.

A dramatic change in the visual landscape of New Hampshire occurred about a century ago when its changed from an open landscape of fields and small farms: It is now the second-most-forested state in the country, after Maine, in terms of percentage of land covered by woods. However, the team began to build around the 1971 draft pick, Austin Carr. This claim is also bolstered by British records of captured American POWs during the Revolutionary period, held in England, who claimed "Berwick, NH", "York, NH", and "Kittery, NH" as their home towns. Under the direction of coach Bill Fitch, they compiled a league-worst 15-67 record. There is an ongoing boundary dispute with Maine in the area of Portsmouth Harbor, with NH claiming dominion over several islands (now known as Seavey Island) that include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as well as to the Maine towns of Kittery and Berwick, which NH asserts were granted to it by Massachusetts prior to Maine becoming a state of its own rather than just the northern part of Massachusetts, in the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Cavaliers first began play in the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team. About 10 miles (16 km) offshore are the Isles of Shoals, nine small islands best known as the site of a 19th-century art colony founded by poet Celia Thaxter, as well as the alleged location of one of the buried treasures of the pirate Blackbeard. The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Hampton Beach is a popular local summer destination. Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.). (Under some federal definitions, Pennsylvania's coast is shorter: See Footnote in "Miscellaneous"). Wayne Embry (Current team president and first African-American to serve in that role in the NBA; inducted as a contributor.). New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any coastal state, 18 miles (29 km) by state figures. F/C - #47 Scott Williams (North Carolina). The largest lake is Lake Winnipesaukee, which covers 72 square miles (186 kmē) in the central part of New Hampshire. G - #2 Dajuan Wagner (Memphis).

The Piscataqua River and its several tributaries form the state's only significant ocean port where they flow into the Atlantic at Portsmouth. SF - #33 Luke Jackson (Oregon). Oddly, the state border is not in the center of that river, as is usually the case, but lies at the low-water mark on the Vermont side, so New Hampshire actually owns the whole river. SF - #44 Jiri Welsch (Czech Republic). The 410 mile (670 km) Connecticut River, which starts at New Hampshire's Connecticut Lakes and flows south to Connecticut, forms the western border of New Hampshire. PF - #17 Anderson Varejao (Brazil). Its major tributaries include the Souhegan River. SG - #3 Sasha Pavlovič (Montenegro).

Major rivers include the 116 mile (187 km) Merrimack River, which bisects the state north-south and ends up in Massachusetts. F/C - #32 Robert Traylor (Michigan). See List of New Hampshire rivers. SG - #12 Lucious Harris (Long Beach State). In the flatter southwest corner of New Hampshire another feature, the prominent landmark and tourist attraction of Mount Monadnock, has given its name to a general class of earth-forms, a monadnock signifying in geomorphology any isolated resistant peak rising from a less resitant eroded plain. C - #52 DeSagana Diop (Senegal). In consequence, a non-profit observatory is located on the peak for the purposes of observing harsh environmental conditions. Mary's HS, Akron, Ohio).

With hurricane force winds every third day on the average, 100 recorded deaths among visitors, and conspicous krummholz (dwarf, matted trees much like a carpet of bonsai), the upper reaches Mount Washington claim the distinction of the " worst weather on earth". Vincent-St. The Presidential Range in New Hampshire spans the central portion of the state, with Mount Washington being the tallest, and other mountains like Mount Madison and Mount Quincy Adams surrounding it. SF - #23 LeBron James (St. New Hampshire was home to the famous geological formation called the Old Man of the Mountain, a face-like profile in Franconia Notch, until May 2-3, 2003, when the symbol of New Hampshire collapsed. PF - #90 Drew Gooden (Kansas). See List of mountains in New Hampshire. C - #11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Lithuania).

New Hampshire's major regions are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains region, the Lakes region the Seacoast region, the Merrimack Valley region, the Monadnock region, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area. SG - #14 Ira Newble (Miami, OH). It is bounded by Quebec, Canada to the north, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Massachusetts to the south, and Vermont to the west. PG - #0 Jeff McInnis (North Carolina). New Hampshire is part of the New England region. 43 Brad Daugherty. See List of New Hampshire counties. 42 Nate Thurmond.

Supporters note that almost all Vermont towns were first chartered by New Hampshire, and point out that these two states already have unusual cross-border links, with the only two interstate school districts in the United States. 34 Austin Carr. Congress. 25 Mark Price. New Hampshire's government has earned the positive attention of residents in neighboring states: Killington, Vermont voted on March 2, 2004 to secede from Vermont and join New Hampshire—a largely symbolic act, since actual secession would require the agreement of both states' legislatures and the U.S. 22 Larry Nance. Because of this pay scale, many New Hampshire lawmakers are either wealthy or retired. 7 Bingo Smith.

State representatives and state senators are paid just $100 a year, plus mileage, effectively meaning that state laws are written by volunteers. Hot Rod Williams. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to about one Representative for every 3090 people. Campy Russell. It claims to be the third-largest legislative body in the English-speaking world, behind only the United States House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Shawn Kemp. The New Hampshire state legislature, called the General Court, has 400 members in the House and 24 in the Senate. Free.

The Executive Council's duties include voting on state contracts worth more than $5,000, on on nominations made by the governor to major state positions such as department heads, and all judgeships. World B. Unlike most states, New Hampshire does not have a Lieutenant Governor, but instead has a five-person Executive Council that is a holdover from the Governor's Council of the Colonial era. Jim Chones. List of New Hampshire Governors. Terrell Brandon. Sununu was governor of the state from 1983-1988. Carlos Boozer.

Sununu (Republican), whose father John H. Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.). senators are Judd Gregg (Republican) and John E. Nate Thurmond. New Hampshire's two U.S. The governor of New Hampshire is John Lynch (Democrat).

The New Hampshire state capital is Concord, which has also been known over time by the names Rumford and Penacook. Main article: Government of New Hampshire. In the 20th Century, NH gained political renown for its First in the Nation political primaries which tended to accurately predict who would be elected President of the United States. New Hampshire grew as a hotbed of Abolitionist sentiment up to the Civil War, participating in the Underground Railroad in providing safe routes into Canada, primarily via the Connecticut River waterway.

In the 1830's, NH saw two major news stories: the founding of the Republic of Indian Stream on its northern border with Canada over the unresolved post-revolutionary war border issue, and the founding of the modern Republican Party by Amos Tuck and friends. It was the first state to declare its independence, and the historic attack on Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution) helped supply the cannon and ammunition needed for the Battle of Bunker Hill that took place north of Boston a few months later. New Hampshire was founded by Captain John Mason and first settled in 1623, just three years after the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and it was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. USS New Hampshire was named in honor of this state.

New Hampshire's recreational attractions include skiing and other winter sports; observing the fall foliage; the Lakes Region; and the New Hampshire International Speedway (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the Loudon Classic, the longest-running motorcycle race in the United States. In 2003 it gained international attention for having the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, within the Anglican Communion (the Episcopal Church in the USA). New Hampshire is home to the highest winds ever recorded on Earth: 231 mph in 1934 at the Mount Washington weather observatory in the Presidential Range. Its state tree is the American white birch, also called paper birch or canoe birch.

Its state bird is the purple finch. Its state flower is the purple lilac. The nickname has also been embraced for reflecting the state's attachment to tradition and limited government. New Hampshire's state nickname is "the Granite State" because it has numerous granite quarries, although that industry has declined greatly in recent decades.

presidential elections, and has probably the most famous of all state mottos: "Live free or die". It is the site of the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. Census Bureau estimate). The state ranks 46th of the 50 states in land area (23,249 km²) and 41st in population (around 1.3 million by a 2003 U.S.

It is located east of Vermont, north of Massachusetts, south of Quebec, Canada, and west of Maine and the North Atlantic Ocean. state in northern New England. New Hampshire is a small U.S. The New Hampshire (University of New Hampshire's student-run newspaper since 1911).

Hippo Press (Manchester and Nashua editions). New Hampshire Business Review (statewide). The New Hampshire Gazette Portsmouth alternative bi-weekly, arguably the oldest paper in America (although other publications also make that claim). Source: US Dept of Commerce, "US Coastline by States" cited on Page 606 of the 2003 "World Almanac".

Pennsylvania's number apparently comes because a portion of the Delaware River on its s eastern border is tidal. Based on these concepts, Pennsylvania has a saltwater coastline of 0 miles , so it cannot be considered for ranking in a discussion of saltwater coastlines, but when the more detailed measurement of shoreline is used, Pennsylvania has a saltwater shoreline of 89 miles versus 131 for New Hampshire, giving Pennsylvania a shorter ocean shore. The coastline is a generalized measurement of the shore configuration, whereas the shoreline is the most detailed measurement practical and includes measurements for offshore islands and other features such as inlets and rivers to the head of a narrow tidewater. Official figures recognize two coastal concepts, the coastline and the shoreline.

EXTENDED FOOTNOTE on coastline. New Hampshire is the destination of the Free State Project. New Hampshire is the only state with no mandatory seatbelt law for adults, no motorcycle helmet law for adults nor mandatory vehicle insurance for automobiles. The few dozen residents of Dixville Notch all stay awake until after midnight to vote. State law grants that a town where all registered citizens have voted may close early and announce their results.

to vote in presidential primaries and the presidential election. In northern New Hampshire the town of Dixville Notch is traditionally the first city or town in the U.S. This was done to preserve Franconia Notch, the site of the Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation visible from Interstate 93 in Franconia. The formation, the state symbol, fell apart due to natural erosion on May 3, 2003. a single northbound lane and a single southbound lane) with a cobblestone median.

New Hampshire has the only piece of Interstate highway that is two-lane (i.e. New Hampshire has also registered an official tartan with the proper authorities in Scotland; this tartan is used to make kilts worn by the State Police while they serve during the games. New Hampshire is host to the New Hampshire Highland Games, formerly the Scottish Games. Many liquor stores are located near state lines, often on interstate highways (with their own exits).

This system generates millions of dollars annually for the state and results in liquor being so cheap that it attracts many out-of-state customers. Like several states, New Hampshire requires all hard liquor to be sold in state-owned, state-run stores. As of 2003, all but about two dozen communities in the state provided public kindergarten with local property-tax money. New Hampshire is the only state that does not mandate public kindergarten, partly out of frugality and lack of funding, and partly out of belief in local control, a philosophy under which towns and cities, not the state, make as many decisions as possible.

(List of other states without personal income taxes). There are no general sales or individual income taxes in New Hampshire, though the state does have meals, lodging, and other taxes. [2] (http://www.factmonster.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html). In 1999 New Hampshire changed the name of Civil Rights Day to Martin Luther King Day.

[1] (http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/fast.html). Traditionally observed on the 4th Thursday in April, from 1949 was observed as a legal holiday on the 4th Monday in April until 1991 when it was replaced by Civil Rights Day. New Hampshire was the last of the New England states to observe Fast Day, a day of prayer for a bountiful harvest. Manchester Wolves.

Manchester Monarchs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Nashua Pride. It contains Lebanon College and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and is the location of many malls along the Connecticut River that draw Vermont shoppers avoiding that state's sales tax.

Lebanon known as "The City of Fountains" is the least-populated community in NH organized as a city. Peterborough is the inspiration for the town of Grover's Corners portrayed in Thornton Wilder's play Our Town. Salem contains The Mall at Rockingham Park, frequented by many Massachusetts residents who wish to avoid paying taxes in their home state. Keene is the home to one of the state's public colleges.

Keene is still called "The Elm City" despite the fact that Dutch elm disease destroyed most of the city's elm trees in the 1930s. The Merrimack River runs through the city and once provided water power to a thriving mill industry along its banks. Manchester, the largest city in the state and known as the "Queen City", Manchester, has a main street (Elm Street) which is a dead-end at both ends. Non-Religious – 9%.

Other Religions – 2%. Other Christian – 3%. Roman Catholic – 41%. Protestant – 41%.

1.1% mixed race. 0.2% American Indian. 0.7% Black. 1.3% Asian.

1.7% Hispanic. 95.1% White (making New Hampshire the third "whitest" state, trailing Maine and Vermont).