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Eastern Utah Telephone Company

 Organization

Biography

The Eastern Utah Telephone Company was a telecommunications company organized by Reuben G. Miller in 1905 with help from Rocky Mountain Bell. In 1906, the Eastern Utah Telephone Company was linked to the Rocky Mountain Bell line via telephone lines in Price, Helper, and Myton. The company continued to add telephone lines until it was purchased in 1924 by the Mountains States Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Citation:
Utah Historical Quarterly, via WWW, November 3, 2020 (The Eastern Utah Telephone Company; telecommunications company organized by Reuben G. Miller in 1905 with help from Rocky Mountain Bell; linked to the Rocky Mountain Bell line via telephone lines in Price, Helper, and Myton in 1906) Historical Information about Price, via WWW, November 4, 2020 (The Eastern Utah Telephone Company; continued to add telephone lines until it was purchased in 1924 by the Mountains States Telephone and Telegraph Company)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Reuben Gardner Miller papers on church service, 1857-1946

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains various text materials from 1871-1946. It includes receipts from the Price Ward in the Emery Stake and the Forest Dale Ward in the Granite Stake, newspaper clippings and member and genealogical reports, patriarchal blessings of Mary Jane Gardner Miller, and notes pertaining to Reuben Miller and James J. Strang, and early Mormon apostate leader.

Dates: 1857-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 418, Reuben Gardner Miller papers

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