Some interesting facts about the place I've been calling "home" for 2 weeks

In case you were wondering where I've been sleeping recently, I decided I would give everyone a little history of the place I've been calling "home".

• The shipyard is actually on an island - Seavey Island - at the mouth of the Piscataqua River (Piss-cat-i-qwah) 
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established in 1800 and is the oldest continuously operating shipyard in the US Navy
• PNS hosted the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905
• The shipyard began constructing (and overhauling) submarines during World War I
• This is the Naval prison on the shipyard - such a cool building (esp in person)

It is crazy to think about all of the history that has taken place where I am right now. How in the world did the pilgrims and first Americans survive here without modern day heating, structures and vehicles? I have NO idea. Thank goodness I was born in the 80s. :)