Journal and letters of Colonel Charles S. Bulkley, U.S. Army telegraph trail expedition, 1865-1867.
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Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867)
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In 1865, a man named Cyrus Fields was creating the Atlantic Cable—a telegraph line running under the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. Convinced submerging a telegraph cable in water was impossible, the Western Union funded Perry McDonough Collins and his expedition to build the first overland cross continental telegraph line. In order to put up the line, land surveys were conducted in Canada, Asia, and Alaska. Kennicott and his party of highly qualified naturalists and botanists focused their efforts e...
Bulkley, Charles S.
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