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"Pacific Telegraph Company"
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Departure:
17 June 1861
Arrival:
Company Information:
About 75 Mormon men were hired in Omaha to help finish construction of a transcontinental telegraph line between Fort Kearny and Salt Lake. They were part of a workforce totaling 400 men. Those extending the line westward met the crew constructing the line eastward from Salt Lake on 17 October when the telegraph line was joined.
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Edward Creighton
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Creighton University
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