Rocksprings Telephone Company
N 30° 00.972 W 100° 12.495
14R E 383481 N 3321195
The historic marker Rocksprings Telephone Company is located on the west side of the Edwards County courthouse grounds.
Waymark Code: WMPPKQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
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This historic marker is located on the west side of the Edwards County courthouse grounds along Sweeten Street. It preserves the history of the Rocksprings Telephone Company, which began in 1898 and still operates today (2015).
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"Southwest Texas Telephone Company was founded as the Rocksprings Telephone Company by Street H. Gilmer in 1898. Mr. Gilmer and D. H. Comparette built a long distance telephone line from Kerrville to Rocksprings in 1898, establishing the first telephone service in the Rocksprings area. The company became the Rocksprings & Nueces Canyon Telephone Company in 1952 and Southwest Texas Telephone Company in 1983.
The company has prospered over the last century and now serves a large part of the rural Texas hill country, including the exchanges of Barksdale, Camp Wood, D’Hanis, Rocksprings, Utopia, and Vinegarroon. The Gilmer family continues to operate the company into its second century of providing communications services."