The First Long Distance Telephone
Commemorating
The
First Long Distance Telephone
In the World
Built in 1877, by the Ridge Telephone Co, it connected French Corral with French Lake 58 miles away. It was operated by the Milton Mining Co from this building which was built about 1853.
Marker is on Pleasant Valley Road 4.2 miles west of Route 49, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
