One Ringy Dingy -- Telephones Arrives in the SCV

388 S. Grand Mesa Dr,Cedaredge CO 81413

18 August, 2022

Description

What was it like before the cellular phone? What was it like before private lines? What was it like when the only way you could communicate with someone was in person or by mail? A central office for the local "cooperative" telephone company was opened in Eckert in August 1904, and by 1906 the telephone industry was so robust that two companies were competing for service here in the Surface Creek Valley: the Colorado Telephone Company and the Co-Operative Telephone Company.