Telegraph Operator in Virginia City.ย John Uriel Hayes just wasn’t cut out for the priesthood.ย ย He knew that. His mother and religious mentors did not. “He kept running away from home,” saysย Juanita Swinehart of Vancouver, his granddaughter. “And every time the priest would go after him and bring him back again.” About age 14 […]
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The Flush Times of Nevada.BY J. W. HAYES. Nevada is one of the grandest, and it is destined to become, some day, one of the greatest states in the union. It has reared a number of men, who in later years have become identified with the progress of the telegraph and submarine cable. Notably is […]
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Telegraph operators were the forerunners of today’s cyber-wizards. Theirs was an often exciting life linked to the world via electric pulses.ย The 19th-century version of the computer geek was the telegraph operator. Eventually these professionals were highly regarded in the local business communities as vital. http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/index.html The Western Union Telegraph office in Virginia City was […]