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Display at Cheyenne Depot Museum (vannoy photo) On October 24, 1861, the Western Union Telegraph Company completed the link between the Eastern and Western Telegraph lines at Salt Lake City, Utah. The transcontinental line allowed instantaneous communication between Washington, D.C., and San Fran

In researching history, it is often difficult to ferret out the real story. As time goes by, stories are told and repeated as fact, and the facts are often lost in the mists of time. So it is with the famous ride of John, “Portugee” Phillips from Fort Phil Kearny to Fort Laramie after the Fetterman