1906 LETTER REQUESTS CALHOUN PHONE COMPANIES - Phones Came Early To County

(09/22/2025)

State of West Virginia Auditor's Office Arnold C. Scherr Auditor Charleston, Dec. 1st, 1906 Mr. S.W. McClung County Clerk, Grantsville, W. Va. Dear Sir: Please furnish this office with the name of the parties and their Post Office address who own the following Telephone Lines: Arnoldsburg Doddrell Telephone Co. Staten & Doddrell Telephone Co. Geo. Griffin, Jr., Telephone Property. S. J. Wayne Telephone Property. Dr. Lowe & Ralph Bennett Telephone Property. Farmers Telephone Line. READ: EARLY CALHOUN PHONE COMPANIES - Independent Operations Covered Most Of County By 1900 ALSO: STURM FAMILY RAN CRANK'EM HUR PHONE COMPANY FOR OVER 50 YEARS (07/06/2015) AND: CRANK'EM UP PHONES WERE "HIGH TECH"

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001