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Benton (AKA Martinsburg)

Benton was laid out in 1829, and it was the first real town to develop commercially in the county. It had gristmills, a woolen mill, a factory to make windmills and spinning wheels and several distilleries where whiskey could be purchased for twenty-five cents a gallon. Benton also had two blacksmith shops, a bottle factory, a sawmill, a wagon-maker's shop, and an elevator. There used to be ten industries getting their power from the dams along Martin's Creek. In the early years Benton was the largest and most important commercial center in Holmes County.

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