To: dragnet2
Three fun facts. Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, CA, is a popular street. The Pony Express lasted 10 years because the telegraph put them out of business. Laying telegraph cable across the Atlantic in 1865 was a big deal.
21 posted on
03/29/2022 5:03:26 PM PDT by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
To: Falconspeed
The Pony Express lasted for less than 2 years.
To: Falconspeed
Read an old Pony Express Help Wanted ad, from memory:
YOUNG MEN NEEDED AS MAIL-COURIERS
THROUGH HOSTILE INDIAN COUNTRY
MUST BE EXPERT RIDER & CRACK SHOT
ORPHANS PREFERRED33 posted on
03/29/2022 5:38:28 PM PDT by
Hebrews 11:6
("This is Thy pleasure, that Thou art my joy")
To: Falconspeed
This is a WONDERFUL read if you have an interest in communications history and the development of systems to lay transoceanic cable. The number of failures is astonishing as is the financial investment needed to ultimately achieve success.
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