First Commercial Long Distance Telephone Line in Oklahoma
Telephones in 1886
The first commercial long distancetelephone line in Oklahoma wasplaced in service here in 1886. It connected Fort Gibson withTahlequah and Muskogee. The linewas built by a company formed by agroup of Cherokees, namely: L.B. Bell,J.S. Stapler, J.B. Stapler, C.W. Turner, John S. Scott and E.D. Hicks.
The monument erected as a publicservice by Southwestern Belltelephone company.
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Historic Fort Gibson, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
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