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| Landmark #247 | Nevada County | Visited: July 9, 2016 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque at the end of a driveway! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: The first long-distance telephone in the world, built in 1877 by the Ridge Telephone Company, connected French Corral with French Lake, 58 miles away. It was operated by the Milton Mining Company from a building on this site that had been erected about 1853.
OTHER TIDBITS: Built less than a year after Alexander Graham Bell’s first historic phone call, this phone line required folks to make appointments to sit in a soundproof booth and shout into the speaker so they could be heard! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: On Pleasant Valley Rd, in center of community of French Corral, CA 95960 ANNOTATIONS: 20362 Pleasant Valley Rd From Los Angeles: ~452mi (728km) — 7.6hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |