On a brisk afternoon in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 1844, an unusual sight drew curious onlookers to the U.S. Capitol. A tangle of wires, wooden … ...

The world’s first telegraph message relayed the biblical phrase “What hath God wrought?” and was brought about by Samuel Morse in 1844. This historic moment may not be the right one to be recognized, ...

The world became a lot smaller March 21, 1850, when the first telegraph message was sent between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. Thanks to the miracle of Morse code, Cape had immediate access to news ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraph message from where he sat in Washington to his associate, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore. To nearly everyone’s amazement the burst of dots and ...

BLOOMINGTON - In the mid-1850s, Bloomington was thrust into the machine age. The first railroads arrived in May and October 1853 (the Illinois Central and Chicago & Alton, respectively). In January of ...

In the mid-1850s, Bloomington found itself hurtling into the machine age. The first railroads arrived in May and October of 1853 (the Illinois Central and what would become the Chicago & Alton ...