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Show Early Communication On February 14, 1S59, Oregon was admitted to the Union by act of congress. con-gress. News of this action was eagerly ea-gerly looked for in Oregon, and particularly par-ticularly in Salem, which was to be the capital of the new state. It did not reach there, however, until 29 days after the passage of the act. The news was transmitted to St. Louis by telegraph and was carried from there by Overland mail to San Francisco, arriving on March 10. It was conveyed by steamer to Oregon Ore-gon City, reaching there on March 15. Late the same day the long awaited news was carried by a mounted messenger into Salem, where its arrival was enthusiastically enthusiasti-cally acclaimed. Thus four distinct methods of communication had been employed in relaying the news across the continent |