Colonel Charles S. Bulkley journal and letters [manuscript], 1865-1867.

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Colonel Charles S. Bulkley journal and letters [manuscript], 1865-1867.

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Microfilmed journal and letters of Col. Charles S. Bulkley during the U.S. Army Telegraph Trail Expedition, 1865-1867, which attempted to survey a route for the Western Union Telegraph Company to lay a line to Europe via Alaska and Siberia.

1 microfilm reel.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8086870

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Bulkley, Charles S.

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Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...