Hi, Gary --- My memory says the telegraph lines were the primary communications method established for use by railroads for company business communications. Public telegraph messages were also handled, for a price, but the real reason for their existence was the business communications of the railroads. The poles and wires ran along the edge of the track right-of-way. For where they ran, find old railroad maps for the area of interest. Lee Wilhite GWilho6262@aol.com wrote: >Hello Everyone; > > Does anyone know where one might find information on old telegragh >lines in Tn. and Ky.? (especially the routes they took) >Thank You. >Gary > > >==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: > WILHITE-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > WILHITE-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) >Type only ONE word in the Subject line: unsubscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >