A 60-Mile Chortle: The Very First Long-Distance Laugh Line

Back in the year 1877, a 60-mile guffaw connected the grizzled lot - French Corral with Bowman Lake (or French Lake). Known as the world's first long-distance telephone line, this stretch of copper wire was the laughing track of the Ridge Telephone Company, for the Milton Mining and Water Company. In the wild west, chatter was as much of a slog as a gold miner in Downieville, California. Now, standing proud as a California Historical Landmark, its marker reading 'World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line'. From one end to the other, the line linked lips, turning the West Coast into a less hushed-up location.

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