[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 28 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO THE TOWN OF MILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Madam President, I rise today to 
pay tribute to the citizens of Milton, New Hampshire, on the occasion 
of the Town's bicentennial celebration.
  The Town of Milton, located in Strafford County, has a rich history 
in the State of New Hampshire. A petition was submitted in 1794 by the 
citizens of Rochester to be incorporated as a separate town. On June 
11, 1802, the Town of Milton was incorporated.
  Milton is located on Milton Three Ponds, an area blessed with an 
abundance of waterpower which was utilized by different industries 
including several sawmills and a woolen mill, Miltonia Mills which 
specialized in fine wool blankets that were used by Admiral Peary on 
exploratory exhibitions. A distillery and five icehouses which supplied 
ice to Boston, Massachusetts, were also located in Milton.
  Construction of homes began in Milton during the early 1800's and the 
first rural schools, Plummer's Ridge School #1 and Nute Ridge School #2 
were built. Both school buildings remain standing in Milton today. In 
1853, Lewis Worster Nute, a native of Milton, provided financial 
support in his will to build a school and a library in Milton and a 
chapel in West Milton.
  Today, the Town of Milton, situated in southeastern New Hampshire, 
has a population of approximately four thousand residents. Teneriffe 
Mountain overlooks Milton Three Ponds which connects to the Salmon 
Falls River, offering spectacular scenery year round.
  Milton's municipal government consists of an elected three member 
Board of Selectmen and numerous other boards and committees. The Town's 
representatives in the New Hampshire legislature include: 
Representatives Nancy Johnson and Rodney Woodill and State Senator Carl 
Johnson. The Town has an excellent on-call Fire Department and 
Ambulance Corps, along with a well staffed Police Department and a 
summer marine patrol.
  Each year the townspeople of Milton nominate a ``Citizen of the 
Year''. In 2002, the Fire, Police and Ambulance Corps will be honored 
as the true heroes in Milton, New Hampshire.
  I congratulate the citizens of Milton, New Hampshire, as they 
celebrate the Town's bicentennial anniversary and wish them continued 
success and prosperity in the years to come. It is truly an honor and a 
privilege to represent the people of the Town of Milton in the United 
States Senate.

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