Deseret Telegraph Company
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| Industry | Telegraphy |
| Fate | Dissolved, assets sold |
| Successor | Assets acquired by Western Union |
| Founded | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (January 18, 1867) |
| Founder | Brigham Young |
| Defunct | April 1900 |
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Area served
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Utah, parts of Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada |
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Key people
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| Owner | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and private stockholders |
The Deseret Telegraph Company (/dɛz.əˈrɛt./) was a telegraphy company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The company was organized in 1867 to direct operation of the recently completed Deseret Telegraph Line; its largest stakeholder was The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Deseret line ran north and south through the Utah Territory, connecting the numerous settlements with Salt Lake City and the First Transcontinental Telegraph. The company was dissolved in 1900 when its assets, including the Deseret line, were sold to the Western Union Telegraph Company.
On June 16, 1860 the 36th United States Congress had passed the Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860, allowing the federal government to facilitate and seek bids on the construction of a telegraph line connecting the Eastern United States with the country's West. This act resulted in the First Transcontinental Telegraph, which was completed October 24, 1861 when a line from the East and a line from the West met in a telegraph office in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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