Talk:First transcontinental telegraph

Belated 149th

According to http://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/28592546073 this was October 24th, 1850 1861. 71.198.176.22 (talk) 01:53, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I was tired and confused, having just told a lot of important people that the date was the 150th. Too much excitement, maybe. 71.198.176.22 (talk) 07:41, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Death of President Harrison?

The article says:

> In 1841, it had taken 110 days for the news of the death of President William Henry Harrison to reach Los Angeles.[2]

The citation here is p173 of Arthur King Peters "Seven Trails West", but what the source actually says is:

> Before the telegraph it had taken three months and twenty days for the news of President Benjamin Harrison's death in 1841 to reach Los Angeles (then a tiny village)

Wrong President. William Henry Harrison did die in 1841, Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President and died in 1901.

I can find no other source for the claim that it took 110 days for news to reach Los Angeles. Given the cited source doesn't even get the name of the President right, I fear it may be inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylanbeattie (talk • contribs) 16:40, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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