New Castle, New Hampshire

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New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population is 968 at the 2010 census. It is the smallest and most eastern city in New Hampshire, and the only one that lies entirely on the islands. It is home to Fort Constitution Historic Site, Fort Stark Historic Site, and New Castle Common, a recreation area of â€‹â€‹31 acres (13 acres) in the Atlantic Ocean. New Castle is also home to the Coastal Keepers station of the United States, as well as the historic Wentworth by the Sea hotel.

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History

The main island in which the city sits is the largest of several at the mouth of the Piscataqua River and was originally called the Great Island. Completed in 1623, the defense of land works was built at Fort Point which would evolve into Fort William and Mary (rebuilt in 1808 as Fort Constitution). Chartered in 1679 as a parish of Portsmouth, it was founded in 1693 and named New Castle after the castle. Until 1719 it included Rye, then called Sandy Beach. The main industries are trading, shops and fishing. There is also agriculture, using abundant seaweed as fertilizer.

Beginning on June 11, 1682, Big Island experienced a supernatural event - an Lithobolia, or "Stone-Throwing Devil," recorded in a 1698 London pamphlet by Richard Chamberlain. One Sunday night around 10 pm, George Walton's house, an early settler and planter, was bombarded with a stone thrown "by an invisible hand." The windows were smashed, and the spit in the fireplace jumped into the air, then came down with its tip attached to the back log. When a member of the household takes a spit, it flies out of the window itself. The outside gates are found from the hinges. Reverend Cotton Mather interested in the phenomenon, reported that:

"This distraction continues from day to day, and occasionally a bleak, gloomy whisper will be heard, and sometimes running and snorting a horse, but nothing is seen.... A man has been injured by some He is a Quaker, and suspects that a woman, who accuses him with injustice in holding some ground from him, with magic, these preternatural events, but eventually they end. "

The "Stone-Throwing Devil" creates quite a sensation on the Great Island. Hundreds of mysterious rocks rained down George Walton's shop, also toward him and others in the area throughout the summer. However, no one ever comes forward who sees someone throwing a stone. Many other mysterious events also occurred at that time. Satan's voice was heard, and things were thrown inside Walton's. The Minister Rises Boston Rising Mather illustrates a strange occurrence in his book Noble Supplier.

George Walton, who was in a property border dispute with his neighbor, accused him of being a witch. He, in turn, accused him of being a magician. Others in the area may also have a reason to throw rocks at Walton. He's a Quaker. The Quakers were regarded with suspicion by the Puritans, and just being a Quaker was a crime. Walton was a successful innkeeper, a trader, and a woodcutter, and became the largest landowner on the island. Walton was envied by his less-than-diligent neighbor. He is involved in a number of lawsuits over business and property disputes. He also has two Native American employees, who will cause major concerns soon after the war with the Indians (War of King Philip) and due to the unpleasant peace that exists. The customers of the store include a variety of outsiders, including the "godless" fisherman, who is considered undesirable by others on the island. Regardless of what caused Walton and his lodgings to be the victims of the rain for months, it was the first major outbreak in America.

News about it spread throughout America and Britain. Within a few years, the allegations of witchcraft will take place in other cities in New England, culminating in the famous magician's court in Salem, Massachusetts.

Fort William and Mary were one of the first stages of the American Revolution. On the afternoon of December 14, 1774, the colonists arrived on board a barge (barge) and raided the fort. Very much outnumbered, Captain John Cochran and five castle soldiers surrendered, where the rebels were loaded onto a 100 barrel boat of gunpowder. The boat hovered over the Piscataqua River and the powder was lowered to be brought to inland cities, including Durham, where ammunition was stored in the basement of the Congregation church. The next day, the colonists returned to the castle and removed the 16 lighter guns and all the small weapons. Gunpowder was used in 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill.

A new route to the island was made in 1821 when three bridges (now two bridges and cross roads) connect Frame Point in Portsmouth to the northwest corner of Big Island. Previously, the bridge on the southwestern route was the only way to reach New Castle without a boat. The community then became a missed fishing village, which helped preserve its colonial architecture. However, in 1874, the Wentworth Hotel was built on a hill with views of the Small Port and the ocean. After initial financial difficulties, the establishment was purchased and updated in detail in the Second Empire style by Portsmouth hotel maker and businessman Frank Jones. It becomes the most fashionable resort in the area, which is getting bigger until it becomes its own village. When President Theodore Roosevelt mediated the Portsmouth 1905 Agreement to end the Russian-Japanese War, envoys from both countries stayed at Wentworth by the Sea, transported with a launch to negotiations held at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. This hotel is the setting for the 1999 film, In Dreams .

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Geography

According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of â€‹â€‹2.4 square miles (6.2 km ²), where 0.8 mÃ‚Â² (2.1 km ² ) is ground and 1.5 mÃ‚Â² (3.9 km ²) is water, composed of 65,13% of city. New Castle occupies an archipelago, consisting of one main island (Great Island) and several small islands surrounded by the Piscataqua River and the Atlantic Ocean. The highest point of land is located at The Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel, where the altitude reaches 60 feet (18 m) above sea level.

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Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 1,010 people, 443 households, and 314 families living in the city. Population density was 1,222.6 people per square mile (469.8/km ²). There are 488 housing units with an average density of 590.7 per square mile (227.0/km ²). City's racial makeup is 97.82% White, 0.59% African American, 0.50% Asian, and 1.09% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 0.50% of the population.

There are 443 households where 22.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% are married couples living together, 5.0% have non-husbands female households, and 29.1% are not family. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.65.

In the city, the population is spread by 17.8% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% years or more. The average age is 50 years. For every 100 females, there are 95.7 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 97.1 men.

The average income for households in the city is $ 83,708, and the average income for families is $ 93,290. Men have an average income of $ 57,375 compared to $ 35,568 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 67,695. None of the families and 0.6% of the population live below the poverty line, including not under 18 and no more than 65. New Castle is the richest city of New Hampshire in terms of per capita income on average.