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    The first transcontinental telegraph (completed October 24, 1861) was a line that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States...
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    America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous...
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    Overland Telegraph Line. A 6-minute excerpt, "Todd Completes Telegraph" may be viewed on this project page from the NFSA. First transcontinental telegraph line...
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    Telegraphy (redirect from Telegraph)
    "The First Transcontinental Telegraph System Was Completed October 24, 1861". America's Library. Retrieved 29 April 2019. Lewis Coe, The Telegraph: A History...
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    Timeline of North American telegraphy (category History of the telegraph)
    telegraphic communications starting from 1844 and completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861. 1826-27: Harrison Gray Dyar successfully experiments...
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  • Look up transcontinental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transcontinental may refer to: "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from...
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    history of technology, Western Union notably completed the first transcontinental telegraph in 1861, being a part of U.S. industry's investments into developing...
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    west's most direct means of east–west communication before the first transcontinental telegraph was established (October 24, 1861), and was vital for tying...
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    led to the invention being returned for private development. First transcontinental telegraph Timeline of North American telegraphy www.loc.gov https://www...
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    telephone call, which for marketing purposes is claimed to be the first transcontinental telephone call, occurred on January 25, 1915, a day timed to coincide...
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    Route across Utah and Nevada were joined by the first transcontinental telegraph stations and telegraph line, which followed much the same route in 1861...
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  • commemoration of the first transcontinental telegraph. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Telegraph Peak Federal Writers' Project...
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  • 1866 the first transatlantic telegraph cable was completed, connecting America and Europe. The completion of the First transcontinental telegraph in 1861...
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  • construction of a telegraph line connecting the Eastern United States with the country's West. This act resulted in the First Transcontinental Telegraph, which was...
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    Telegraph Company was one of the organizations responsible for constructing the telegraph line which resulted in the first transcontinental telegraph...
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    America was made by telegraph. The First Transcontinental Telegraph lead to the immediate demise of the Pony Express. The Pacific Telegraph Company and the...
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  • telegraph lines, and stagecoach lines, shows similar detail in the United States and in Canada. The First Transcontinental Telegraph was a telegraph line...
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    to run telegraph lines along their right-of-way. Eight years before the transcontinental railroad opened, the first transcontinental telegraph linked...
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    City was the last link of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, completed in October 1861. Brigham Young was among the first to send a message, along with...
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    Telegraph Company was one of the organizations responsible for constructing the telegraph line which resulted in the first transcontinental telegraph...
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    to the southwest. Salt Lake City was the last link of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, between Carson City, Nevada and Omaha, Nebraska completed...
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    The First Transcontinental Telegraph replaced the Pony Express in 1861 and established the first rapid communication with the east coast. The First transcontinental...
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  • Overland Telegraph Company, which was responsible for constructing part of the telegraph line which resulted in the first transcontinental telegraph network...
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    A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage, that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different...
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  • was made. The First Transcontinental Telegraph would ironically lead to the immediate demise of the Pony Express. The Pacific Telegraph Company and Overland...
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    East, after 1859 the Pony Express, Overland stages and the First Transcontinental Telegraph (1861) all followed this route with minor deviations. Once...
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    Missouri, under subcontract. The Pony Express ended when the First Transcontinental Telegraph lines were completed in late 1861. Overland mail and express...
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  • Fargo stagecoaches, the Pony Express, the building of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, the Rush into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma, the building...
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  • story is based on the historical feat of constructing the First Transcontinental Telegraph line connecting the West Coast of the United States and the...
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  • after the completion of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, the Pony Express was discontinued as the Transcontinental Telegraph now could provide quicker...
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