This was sent to me by my cousin in Idaho:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York Scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story in the LA Times read: “California archaeologists, finding of 200 year old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers”
One week later. A local newspaper in Idaho reported the following: “After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Weippe, Idaho, Bubba, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Idaho had already gone wireless”.
Just makes a person proud to live in Idaho, don’t it.
Excellent history lesson. But don’t forget that copper wire was invented by two Dutchmen fighting over a penny. Without that heroic struggle, who knows where we’d be. :-)
Sending this to my niece and nephew up in Athol. 8^)
Shoulda done some diggin’ back in the fifties when I lived near Post Falls.