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AllaN01Bear

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Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:13 AM

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where i live . the phone company started this way i have a calander that i bought at a book sale some where and was a history about the calaveras telephone co. it started with a farmer experimenting with telephones and then he ran a line from the house to the barm. other neighbors who saw that wanted one too. a friend whos dad started the local phone co here did that as well.

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