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Hampshire . .
The official state flag of
New Hampshire was adopted in
1909 but its design has been
in use since 1784. The flag
pictures the state seal on a
deep blue field. The state seal
has the ship "Raleigh"
sailing near a large gray granite
rock, in front of a yellow sun
rising over blue water. The
Raleigh was built to fight the
British during the Revolutionary
War. The scene is surrounded
by the words, "SEAL OF
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1776,"
and yellow laurel leaves interspersed
with nine yellow stars as since
New Hampshire was the ninth
state in the US.
New Hampshire became a state
on June 21, 1788 as the 9th
state. New Hampshire was one
of the original 13 colonies
and is named for the English
county of Hampshire. It was
the ninth state to ratify the
Constitution of the United States.
New Hampshire is one of the
six New England states and is
the sixth smallest state in
the nation. It is bordered on
the north by the Canadian province
of Québec, on the east
by Maine and the Atlantic Ocean,
on the south by Massachusetts,
and on the west by Vermont.
Concord is the capital city
and Manchester is the largest
city.
New Hampshire is known as the
Granite State because of its
extensive granite formations
and deposits and granite is
the bedrock that underlies most
of its surface. The state was
once covered by glaciers more
than 10,000 years ago. The glaciers
greatly affected the landscape
by rounding the mountains and
creating hundreds of streams
and lakes. Much of New Hampshire
is covered with rocks, boulders,
and clays that were deposited
by the glaciers. 85 percent
of the state is forest covered
and fall is beautiful with colorful
foliage.
New Hampshire has a humid continental
climate and enjoys the four
distinct seasons. The summers
are short, pleasant and mild
and winters are long, snowy
and cold. Some of the longest
and severest winters in the
eastern United States occur
in the Presidential Range of
north central New Hampshire.
The statewide average high temperature
in July is 70 degrees and in
January high temps are usually
near 15 degrees.. New Hampshire
rainfall approaches 45 inches
per year, with much higher amounts
in the mountains. In the White
Mountains, yearly snowfall amounts
are on average 200 inches.
The growing season in New Hampshire
is only on average of 110 days
and the soils are rocky and
not very fertile. Farm income
is mainly agriculture such as
dairy products, nursery stock,
cattle, eggs, chickens, cattle
and calves, and turkeys. The
chief crops are christmas trees
and apples.
Major Industries - textiles,
lumber, machinery, tourism,
electronic equipment, software
and tourism
New Hampshire has 10
counties:
Belknap
Carroll Cheshire Coos
Grafton Hillsborough
Merrimack Rockingham
Strafford Sullivan
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