How telegraph wires strung through trees in 1850 grew into switchboards, local phone companies and, eventually, the AT&T legacy in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, Missouri.
Alexander Graham Bell was not the only person trying to invent the telephone. But 150 years ago, he won the race – just – and ...
Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call on March 10, 1876, setting off a revolution in communication ...
On March 7, 1876, a 29-year-old inventor named Alexander Graham Bell officially received a patent for his new invention, the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was born ...
The Vancouver Barracks received Clark County’s first telephone in October 1878, connecting the arsenal to headquarters. Soon two more phones were installed. In 1879, soldiers strung the first ...