Telegraph Companies--New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees and Southwestern Telegraph Company

Located in Jackson, Mississippi, the South-Western Telegraph Company (also known as the New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees and Southwestern Telegraph Company) was established by an act of the legislature on February 3, 1860. The South-Western Telegraph Company was one of the primary providers of telegraphy services in the southern Mississippi Valley and the Southwest and had many locations throughout that area. (Robert Harding and Alison Oswald, "Guide to the Western Union Telegraph Company Records," 4; Weekly Mississippian, February 8, 1860)Located in Kentucky, the South-Western Telegraph Company (also known as the New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees and Southwestern Telegraph Company) was established by an act of the Mississippi State legislature on February 3, 1860. The South-Western Telegraph Company was one of the primary providers of telegraphy services in the southern Mississippi Valley and the Southwest and had many locations throughout that area. (Robert Harding and Alison Oswald, "Guide to the Western Union Telegraph Company Records," 4; Weekly Mississippian, February 8, 1860)Located in Louisville, Kentucky, New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees was a telegraph company established between 1857 and 1860. New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees were the primary providers of telegraphy services in the southern Mississippi Valley and the Southwest. On February 3, 1860, the Mississippi State House amended the act which incorporated the New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees, changing the company's name to Southwestern Telegraph Company. (Robert Harding and Alison Oswald, "Guide to the Western Union Telegraph Company Records," 4; Weekly Mississippian, February 8, 1860)Located in Mobile, Alabama, the South-Western Telegraph Company (also known as the New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lessees and Southwestern Telegraph Company) was established by an act of the legislature on February 3, 1860. The South-Western Telegraph Company was one of the primary providers of telegraphy services in the southern Mississippi Valley and the Southwest and had many locations throughout that area. (Robert Harding and Alison Oswald, "Guide to the Western Union Telegraph Company Records," 4; Weekly Mississippian, February 8, 1860)