New Hampshire

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New Hampshire

• ESL 5 Culture Study
• Presenter Hsiao,Hsin-Chieh
• Instructor Lyra Riabov

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Content

• Geography of New Hampshire
• Government of New Hampshire
• Symbols of New Hampshire
• Business of New Hampshire
• Tourist information of New Hampshire
• Reference
• Quiz of New Hampshire

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Geography of New Hampshire

• One of the six New England
• states
• Capital Concord
• Largest City Manchester
• Population1,235,786
• Size 9,351 square miles
• State nickname The Granite State
• State motto Live Free or Die

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Government of New Hampshire

• Governor Craig Benson
• Statehood June 21, 1788
• (the 9th state in the U.S.A.)
• Main cities Concord( capital )
• Manchester
• Nashua
• Dover
• Conway
• Berlin

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Symbols of New Hampshire
State Flag
State Seal
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Symbols of New Hampshire
State Tree White Birch
State Flower Purple Lilac
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Symbols of New Hampshire
State Animal White-tailed deer
State Bird Purple Finch
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Business of New Hampshire

• Major Industries textiles, lumber, tourism,
  electronic equipment, software

Newer industries producing precision
instruments
electronic equipment
automatic control mechanisms
manufacture electrical and electronic
equipment computer
software
telecommunications equipment.
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Business of New Hampshire

• Urban development started in Manchester, New
  Hampshire, around 1830.
• The town developed rapidly, especially after the
  Civil War, and became the countrys textile
  capital.
• Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was established in
  this city. It continued to operate until 1936.
• Around the turn of the century, they were the
  largest textile producers in the world, employing
  some 17,000 workers in their mills in Manchester.
• One estimate claims that the mills of the
  Amoskeag had about 2,500 kilometers of floor
  space. The mill exported 5 million yards of cloth
  every week!

Textiles
The Amoskeag Textile Factory ,Manchester (circa
1920)
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Business of New Hampshire

• New Hampshire's natural resources and
  recreational opportunities are legendary.
• New Hampshire just a little over 9,000 square
  miles, the state offers towering mountains, more
  than 1,300 lakes and ponds, 18 miles of Atlantic
  coastline, and tens of thousands of miles of
  rivers and streams. The760,000 acre White
  Mountain National Forest is one of the most
  beautiful areas in the nation and is known as the
  "Switzerland of America."
• New Hampshire's tourism industry produces 1
  billion in annual sales and employs more than
  54,000 individuals, making it New Hampshire's
  second largest industry

Tourism
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Tourist information of New Hampshire
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Tourist information of New Hampshire
"Men hang out their signs indicative of their
respective trades. Shoemakers hang out a gigantic
shoe, jewelers a monster watch, and dentists a
gold tooth but up in Franconia Mountains, God
Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there
he makes men!"
Daniel Webster 19 century New Hampshire
statesman, The Secretary of state
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Tourist information of New Hampshire

• Mount Washington

The White Mountains in New Hampshire are named
for the striking snow caps on their bare peaks,
which contrast with the dense forests covering
their slopes. The highest peak in the range is
Mount Washington, which rises 1917 m (6288 ft)
above sea level. The mountains summit is
notoriously stormy one of the highest wind
velocities ever recorded, 372 km/h (231 mph), was
measured there.
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Tourist information of New Hampshire
Swift River
Striking autumn foliage from a variety of
hardwood trees borders the Swift River, which
flows in the White Mountains of northern New
Hampshire. The river is one of many small
waterways formed from melting snow in this rugged
mountain range.
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Tourist information of New Hampshire
State House at Concord
Concord became the capital of New Hampshire in
1808, after several other cities, including
Portsmouth and Exeter, had served terms. The
State House, built of marble and granite, was
completed in 1819.
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Tourist information of New Hampshire
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Augustus Saint-Gaudens created magnificent bronze
sculptures of respected American political and
military figures throughout his lifetime. His
home and studio in Cornish, New Hampshire, became
a national historic site in 1964. Today, visitors
can tour the studio and gardens that
Saint-Gaudens used from 1885 until his death in
1907.
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Tourist information of New Hampshire

• Appalachian
• National Scenic Trail(1968)
• Scenic trail 3,473 km long following the
  Appalachian Mountains from Maine to Georgia
• Saint-Gaudens
• National Historic Site (1964)
• Home, studios, and gardens of American
  sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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Reference

• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/
• http//www.hitchiner.com/HR/region.html
• http//data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?stn
  h
• http//www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/picture
  s/textile2.htm