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  1788   U. S. Constitution ratified by Massachusetts (with the District of Maine)
1812 Incorporation of the town of Bingham
  1822   Incorporation of the town of Cooper
  1824   Incorporation of the town of Maxfield
  1836   Incorporation of the town of Greenville
  1863   Birth date in Benton of Asher C. Hinds, U. S. Congress member 1911-1917, he had been Clerk to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Wire Bridge in New Portland (2001)

The Wire Bridge in New Portland (2001)

  1869   John Hubbard of Hallowell, physician and Governor of Maine 1850-1853, known as the “Father of Prohibition,” dies.
  1920   Shipwreck of the concrete steamer Polias in Penobscot Bay on Old Cilley Ledge off Port Clyde.
  1978   Although snow fall in southern Maine ranges from 8-12 inches, wind gusts of over 100 miles per hour make this storm appear to be a white hurricane.




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