Cold Springs Nevada - Part 3 "Transcontinental Telegraph Station"

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Published Oct 10, 2016

This telegraph station was built sometime in 1861 and was a fairly large complex. Just a quarter mile away from the Overland Station pioneers within seconds could send their loved ones messages on the road in a matter of seconds. Samuel F.B. Morse invented his Morse Code which would be implemented into the wires from Omaha Nebraska all the way up to Carson City which was approved for in 1860 by Congress. Just four days after the first telegraph message was sent out the Pony Express folded for good because telegraph repeater stations like this one considerably reduced the time it took to send a message from one side of the country to the other. This station would only remain open till about 1869 that is because the telegraph lines were relocated to follow the transcontinental nearby which often passed major towns. Life was as difficult being a tenant at the telegraph station as it was being employed by other ones. Their were no luxuries you spent long hot days caring for your basic needs and at night huddling around a small fire. It was a lonely life and generally this station would have employed two to possibly three men. This high speed link was very expensive perhaps 75 cents a word and simply pioneers just did not have the funds to afford it most of the time unless you were wealthy. On a cold lonely night one can imagine that not much protected you from becoming food for the wolves except your colt side arm and your will to want to survive.

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