Communication+in+the+1800's

=**Communication in the 1800's:**=

-Pony Express
====The Pony Express was a mail delivery system, crossing the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountians from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento California, from April 1860 to October 1861. The Pony Express's system belonged to Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Express Company of 1849 then 1850 became the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company.William Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell, the three founders of the Pony Express. For its 18 months of service, it was able to shorten the time it took to transport mail by ten days.====

// While I am the employ of A. Majors, I agree not use profane language, not to get drunk, not to gamble not to treat animals cruelly and not to do anything else that is not incompatible with the conduct of a gentleman. And I agree, if I violate any of the above conditions, to accept my discharge without any pay from my service. // //- Oath Sworn by Pony Express Riders//

Video about the history of the Pony Express:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1R-GeEd95c

Telegram / Telegraph
A telegraph is a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances and a telegram was a message sent by a telegraph in morse code.Telegrams were often used to confirm business dealings and were commonly used to create binding legal documents for business dealings.

Website for how telegrams would sound and look like, and you can type your own message! (Horray!) : [] <<<<<<<<<Click it!!

Telephone
Credit for the invention of the telephone is debated about, Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Hohann Philpp Reis, Alexander Graham Bell, and Elisha Gray have been credited for the invention of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell has the most credits towards the invention. They started out as nothing more than a piece of tubing attached on one end to a desk, and on the other to a mouthpiece. Since then, they have slowly morphed into the phones we now know. In the beginning, you would have to dial the operator who would then connect you to the person with whom you wanted to speak. This was the case with one such telephone which was little more than a wooden box hanging on the wall. On the front of it was a mouthpiece with a pair of bells above it. On some models, the front also sported a slanted stand on which one could rest a small book. On the right side of the telephone was a hand crank and on the left side hung an earpiece attached to the box by a wire.

Newspaper[[image:newspaper.jpg width="200" height="208" align="right" caption="Newspaper"]]
Newspapers were used communicate, informing people about many things. Papers cost a penny and were printed daily. Much like today, newspapers olisted birth and wedding announcements, discussed local and national events and even estate auctions. Papers cost a penny and were printed daily and their newspapers were smaller in comparison to today' paper.