The Deseret Telegraph—A Church-owned Public Utility

Leonard J. Arrington

The Journal of Economic History, 1951, vol. 11, issue 2, 117-139

Abstract: The building of the Deseret Telegraph line by the Mormons in early Utah is one of the most interesting chapters in the history of the intermountain West. It is the only known instance in which a major regional telegraph line was constructed and operated by a church. It is also the only case in which a major line was, from the beginning, a completely public enterprise. It is a remarkable example of the agency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in promoting the economic welfare and cultural unity of its membership in the last third of the nineteenth century.

Date: 1951
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