| Show t t Early Communication Communisation n nOn On February 14 14 1859 1850 Oregon was Wat admitted to the Union by act lIet of con con- gress News of this action was wai ea eagerly gerly gorry looked for or in Oregon and pai par par- i in Salem which wad w 1 to b bOa be the capital of the new state It r did not reach then them however until 1 29 days after the passage ge of the act 1 I The news was transmitted to St St. Louis by b telegraph and was carried from there by Overland malt mall to San j 1 Francisco arriving on nn March 10 It fi was Wp conveyed by steamer to Oro Ore gun pon g n City reaching there on In March 15 Lute Late the tho same day tho the long Ion awaited news was carried by a amounted amounted mounted messenger into Salem where its ita arrival enthusiast I CAlly colly acclaimed Thus four distinct methods of communication had b been en i employed in relaying the news new i i across the tho continent If n |
