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Some of New Hampshire's Top Tourist Attractions: State Facts: New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism: 800-386-4664 http://www. VisitNH.gov Capital: Concord Population: 1,235,786 Governor: John Lynch Entered the Union: June 21, 1788
As the: 9th state Motto: Live Free or Die Nickname: Granite State Flower: Purple Lilac Bird: Purple Finch Song: Old New Hampshire and New Hampshire, My New Hampshire Origin of Name: From the English county of Hampshire Major Industries: Electrical machinery, textiles, pulp and paper products, and stone and clay products; dairy and poultry farming, fruit growing, truck vegetables, corn, potatoes, and hay Historical Sites: Daniel Webster's Birthplace near Franklin and Strawberry Banke, the restored building of the original colonial settlement at Portsmouth Points of Interest: Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire's largest lake, White Mountain National Forest, and the Old Man of the Mountain granite head profile at Franconia, New Hampshire's official emblem Bordering States: Vermont, Massachusetts,
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