Selected files from the Charles Hubbell collection, 1865-1867.

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Selected files from the Charles Hubbell collection, 1865-1867.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42929221

Includes Western Union Telegraph Co. surveys; diary of F.M. Smith, 1865-1867; diary of George R. Adams, 1865-1867.

1 box (0.2 linear ft.)

Alaska State Library

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Alaska State Library

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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...

Republican Party (Alaska)

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Adams, George R. (George Russell), 1845-1938

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Smith, F. M.

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