After years of waiting, Arbon Valley is connected to the world
December 9, 1915 · Newspaper clipping
Arbon Valley formed its own telephone company in 1913 and talked over barbed wire for two years until the long-distance line from American Falls finally reached it in December 1915.
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- December 9, 1915
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- American Falls Press, December 9, 1915, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
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The opening of the article as printed in the American Falls Press, December 9, 1915, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
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