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Over a distance of 1.2 miles, in the center of Bennington, the water level of the Contoocook River drops seventy feet. That source of power at the "Great Falls of the Contoocook" is what induced Joseph Putnam in 1782 to purchase land on the east side of the river for the construction of a grist mill. Settlers had preceded him, of course. Farmers and herdsmen began moving into what was known as Society Land as early as 1753. Most of the towns in the region were incorporated in the 1770-1790 period. Bennington emerged from the non-corporated land that was left and, combined with a portion of Hancock along the river