Connected by Water

Historical marker location:

Winter Harbor, Maine

( Marker is on Schoodic Loop Road, 2.4 miles south of Route 186, on the right when traveling south.)

Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition: Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition in 1851, almost 70 years before the rest of the country followed suit. However, it was also one of the first states to repeal Prohibition, doing so in 1934.