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Home Texas Pecos County Fort Stockton First Telephone Exchange
     

First Telephone Exchange

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610 Callaghan, Fort Stockton, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 53' 1.76703", -102° 53' 7.58022"
 
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     The Pecos County commissioners authorized E. W. Bennett (1858-1933) to establish Ft. Stockton's First Telephone service in May 1909. The switchboard, operated by Bennett's daughter, Zetta, was located in a room attached to this adobe house, where the Bennetts lived. The wires connected with Ft. Stockton's 200 phone subscribers with Ozona, where Bennett's sons, John and Will, ran the family's telephone exchange. Lines were later strung to other towns, completing this vital communication link. The Ft. Stockton Exchange became part of Southwestern Bell Telephone System in 1928.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

First Telephone Exchange Historical Marker Location Map, Fort Stockton, Texas