First potato planted in the US at Londonderry Common Field (Derry)
1767
First summer resort in America, the summer home of Royal Gov. John Wentworth at Wolfeboro
1774
First state to declare itself independent from England
1776
First state to adopt a revolutionary constitution
First town to be incorporated in honor of President George Washington
1778
First state to hold a constitutional convention
1780
New Durham, First Freewill Baptist Church in the U.S.
1783
First state to require that its constitution be referred to the people for approval
1827
First state to build a horse-drawn passenger coach, the Concord Coach
1833
First free public library in the United States established at Peterborough
1869
First mountain climbing cog railroad (Mt. Washington)
1892
First tax-supported library, the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough
1905
First state in the nation to host a formal peace conference to end a foreign war. The Peace Treaty that formally ended the Russo-Japanese War was signed in Portsmouth on September 5
1909
First credit association in the nation chartered (St. Mary's Bank Credit Union)
1938
First aerial passenger tramway in North America (Cannon Mtn)
1952
Held the First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary
1963
Adopted the first legal lottery in the 20th century United States
