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On This Day in Telephone History July 27TH 1875 Elisha Gray patents an “Electrical Telegraph for Transmitting Musical Tones“ U.S. Patent Number 166095

On This Day in Telephone History July 26TH 1874 Alexander Graham Bell voiced his idea for a “Speaking Telegraph” to his father

On This Day in Telephone History July 22ND 1955 was the last day of “Number, Please?” in Ames, Iowa

On This Day in Telephone History July 21ST 1877 Alexander Graham Bell constructed a 3-mile Telephone Line from his parents’ home at Tutela Heights to the telegraph office in Brantford. Bell demonstrated his telephone for the guests assembled at the Bell Homestead to meet his bride. Recitations, songs and musical solos were transmitted from Brantford.

On This Day in Telephone History July 20TH 1969 President Nixon made the Longest-Distance Telephone Call Ever to the Astronauts on the Moon.

On This Day in Telephone History July 19TH 1883 The Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company established offices in Austin Texas. In the spring of 1883 eastern capitalists purchased Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone and changed the company’s name to the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company. A little more than a month later there were 2,344 subscribers … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History July 17TH 1911 The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company was Formed. Colorado Telephone, Tri-State Telephone, and Rocky Mountain Bell merged to form The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company.