The Kedge

Historical marker location:

Bar Harbor, Maine

( Marker is at the intersection of West Street and Bridge Street, on the left when traveling west on West Street.)

1870.

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.