05/24/1844
Commercial telegraph service inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
05/25/1844
The first telegraphed news bulletin relays the results of the Oregon question debate to Baltimore
11/01/1852
Efficient telegraph service initiated between London and Paris
05/20/1856
The first telegraph ticker to print words patented in New York City
11/10/1856
Newfoundland and New York linked by telegraph thanks to new cable under the Gulf of St. Lawrence
01/28/1859
New York City's Committee on Streets meets to discuss a proposal that the city's telegraph lines be buried underground
05/28/1859
Underwater telegraph line down the Red Sea from Suez to Aden is completed
05/18/1860
In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln receives the news by telegraph of his nomination for President
08/28/1860
Telegraph lines reach the Nebraska Territory and the first telegraph office opens in Brownville
09/08/1860
Telegraph lines continue to cross the Nebraska Territory with the opening of the Omaha office
02/06/1861
The world's first weather forecast is transmitted from the Meteorological Office in London
07/02/1861
Near Omaha, Edward Creighton digs in the first pole of the final link in the trans-continental telegraph
10/18/1861
In Utah, the telegraph reaches Salt Lake City and Brigham Young sends a message to President Lincoln
10/24/1861
The telegraph line between Omaha and Sacramento is completed linking coast to coast
10/26/1861
Two days after the first coast to coast telegraph message the Pony Express ceases operations
11/28/1861
In South Carolina, an underwater telegraph cable in Charleston Harbor links Forts Moultrie and Sumter
05/24/1862
In Virginia, the Beardslee Field Telegraph apparatus is demonstrated for the first time
09/07/1864
The people of Nevada vote on their proposed constitution and statehood
10/31/1864
From the White House in Washington, President Lincoln proclaims Nevada as the Union's 36th state
12/02/1865
The International Ocean Telegraph Company is formed to extend telegraph lines into Central American and the Caribbean.
07/07/1866
The eastern end of the new Atlantic Cable is delivered to Valencia in Ireland.
07/13/1866
Off Ireland, the Great Eastern begins her cable laying operation towards Canada.
07/22/1866
The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, passes where the cable broke and was lost in 1865.
07/27/1866
The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, arrives in Newfoundland and the cable is connected.
07/28/1866
The new Atlantic Cable transmits and receives its first messages between North America and Europe.
09/02/1866
The Great Eastern begins to lay cable connected to the recovered 1865 broken cable and heads for Newfoundland.
11/15/1866
In New York City, an ornate banquet honors Cyrus Field and his Atlantic Cable.
08/03/1867
The American end of the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph is landed near Key West, Florida.
08/21/1867
The mayor of Key West and the Cuban captain-general exchange messages on the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph.
09/08/1867
The submarine cable between Punta Rassa and Key West completes the Washington to Havana telegraph line.
