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The Rise of Big Timber Home Telephone Company
A historical account of Sweet Grass county pioneers building Montana telephone lines from 1887 to 1907. It covers early networks, conflicts with Bell, formation of the Big Timber Home Telephone Company, management changes, the 1907 fire, service improvements, and gradual subscriber growth reaching broader city coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Cbc- Compa
Montana
Independence
Lewistown
Boulder
McLeod
Deer Creek
Dry Creek
Otter Creek
Busha
Davis
Kellogg
Big Timber
Bell Company
Kellogg’s
Montana Trading Company
Grand Hotel
Lowry & Co
H. O. Kellogg
John F. Asbury
W. A. Moore
J. A. Lowry
J. S. Haley
Big Timber Home Telephone Company
Home Company
The
J. A. Bates
Bates
R. Y. Willman
Automatic Telephone Exchange
Livingston
Mod Street