The transcontinental telegraph was completed on Oct. 24, 1861, making possible instant communication between the coasts possible for the first time. It rendered the Pony Express obsolete.
Western Union completed the transcontinental telegraph, bridging communications between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the very first time — just as the Civil War tore apart north and south — on this day in history, Oct. 24, 1861. The lines from each coast were joined in Salt Lake City. 'The people of California desire to congratulate you upon completion of the great work,' the state's chief justice, Stephen J.
The push to create a transcontinental telegraph line had begun only a little more than year before when Congress authorized a subsidy of $40,000 a year to any company building a telegraph line that would join the eastern and western networks,' wrote History.com. The transcontinental telegraph rendered obsolete the Pony Express. It was ended two days later.
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