— Malcolm HarrisSan Francisco, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia all got the news at the same time because the transcontinental link was more than just a railway. The workers strung telegraph lines as they went, and May 10 also established the country as a single media environment.
Replicated under Fair Use from Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris.