Today, we ride the rails again with Thomas Edison and we look at his early career as a telegrapher with the story “The Young Telegraph Operator” from the book “The Boy's Life of Edison” written by William H. Meadowcroft. Be sure to check out the link below for the blog from Historical Ken. It really cleared up the mystery about the route that Thomas Edison took as he traveled back and forth from Port Huron to Detroit.

 

Website:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/

 

iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/

 

Story (PDF):

http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode138.pdf

 

Historical Ken – Michigan Train Depots: The Edison Route from 1859 to 1866

http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2020/03/michigan-train-depots-edison-route-from.html

 

Reading List:

http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf

 

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/SqGAFsGcz0E/

 

Books:

“The Boy's Life of Edison”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50523

 

Music/Audio:

Artist – Analog by Nature

http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk

 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

http://www.nasa.gov

 

Songs Used:

cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature

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