FIRST -- Telephone Line in the West - Laramie, WY
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bluesnote
N 41° 14.220 W 105° 26.136
13T E 463496 N 4565158
This is one of a few markers at the I-80 rest area.
Waymark Code: WMMBQM
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2014
Views: 27
The plaque says, "The first in the west through which a telephone line was run. The first conversation over this line was held in 1882 between Bill Nye at Laramie and Hon. E. E. Warren at Cheyenne."
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