1860 ⟶ Pony Express Begins Operations

The Pony Express started.
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📡 First Public Telegraph Line Begins Operation

First publicly funded telegraph line in the world—between Baltimore and Washington—sends demonstration message on 24 May, ushering in the age of the telegraph. This message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23)⟶
First Public Telegraph Line Begins Operation (1844)
TelegraphCommunicationAmerican HistorySamuel MorseTransportation
United StatesUnited States

🐎 Pony Express Begins Operations

The Pony Express started.⟶
Pony Express Begins Operations (1860)
TransportationCommunicationWestward ExpansionAmerican WestInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States

🐎 Pony Express Operations Cease

The Pony Express ended.⟶
Pony Express Operations Cease (1862)
CommunicationTransportationAmerican WestTelegraphEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States

🚂 First Transcontinental Railroad Completed

First transcontinental railroad completed in United States on 10 May. – United States⟶
First Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869)
RailroadTransportationInfrastructureWestward ExpansionAmerican Civil WarEconomic DevelopmentManifest Destiny
United StatesUnited States

📞 First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established

First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut.A barricade in the Paris Commune, 18 March 1871. Around 30,000 Parisians were killed, and thousands more were later executed.⟶
First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established (1878)
CommunicationInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States

🚊 Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston

The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railway.⟶
Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston (1912)
TransportationUrban DevelopmentPublic TransitInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States