Historical Marker

Wire Bridge

Historical marker location:
New Portland, Maine
( Marker is on Wire Bridge Road east of Stonewall Drive (Maine Route 27), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1990

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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.
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