| | American Telegraph Office, About 1861
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TELEGRAPH displaced the Pony Express which had created such a sensation in
Western America. The Pony Express had been founded to cover the 2,000
miles between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. An attempt had
been made to cover this distance in ten days. Five hundred spirited but sturdy
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| | In search of Colombian Crown Jewels
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| | by Caleb Thimell
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I first became interested in insulators when a relative gave me some old
fruit jars belonging to her mother that had been in her basement. She then
handed me a beautiful green aqua CD 115 Hemingray, telling me it was found on
the farm belonging to her husband's grandfather. Since I was actively
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish, NIA #41
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It is rare indeed when a new style of threadless porcelain insulator is
reported. We have been late in getting this report in "PIN", but it
was definitely worth the wait. Bob Harding reports a very unusual threadless
which has a unique pure white crackled glaze. I again thank Bob for his
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