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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Highlight

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San 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.

— Malcolm Harris

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