Getting to Portsmouth Island is a challenge but the journey is worth the effort, according to the author. Among the perks Portsmouth has to offer is an environment that may make one feel as if a trip has been taken back in time. Reason noted by Rumley for this feeling: Portsmouth’s population has dwindled to summer tourists and fishermen; the place hasn’t changed much since its Colonial beginnings.
Visitors are now welcomed on battlefields in the state where muskets once rattled and cannon roared during Revolutionary and Civil War battles. Kapp describes what visitors will find during a tour.