Deseret Telegraph Company

Deseret Telegraph Company
Company typePublic
IndustryTelegraphy
FoundedJanuary 18, 1867 (1867-01-18) in
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
FounderBrigham Young
DefunctApril 1900 (1900-04)
FateDissolved, assets sold
SuccessorAssets acquired by
Western Union
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
,
United States
Area served
Utah, parts of Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada
Key people
OwnerThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and private stockholders

The Deseret Telegraph Company (/ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ )[1] was a telegraphy company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The company was organized in 1867 to direct operation of the recently completed Deseret Telegraph Line; its largest stakeholder was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Deseret line ran north and south through the Utah Territory, connecting the numerous settlements with Salt Lake City and the First Transcontinental Telegraph. The company was dissolved in 1900 when its assets, including the Deseret line, were sold to the Western Union Telegraph Company.

  1. ^ churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «dĕz-a-rĕt´»