I also recommend this: https://www.nps.gov/pisp/planyourvisit/telegraph-room.htm
I have visited the place. To my knowledge the first op and I are unrelated. Wes N7WS On 11/21/2023 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
I highly recommend this fascinating first-person account. You might want to skim over the parts about political infighting to get to descriptions of the route, procurement of poles, Indian encounters, and inclement weather. (And we thought Field Day setup was challenging.) http://www.telegraph-history.org/transcontinental-telegraph/index.html 73, Wayne N6KR
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