First Telephone Exchange
610 Callaghan, Fort Stockton, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1909
EST. 1909
1858
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at First Telephone Exchange.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About First Telephone Exchange
Pecos County commissioners authorized E. W. Bennett to open Fort Stockton's first telephone service in 1909, its switchboard run by his daughter Zetta from the family's adobe house. The exchange linked about 200 local subscribers with a related exchange his sons ran in Ozona. In 1928 the Fort Stockton exchange was absorbed into the Southwestern Bell Telephone System.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at First Telephone Exchange
The Pecos County commissioners authorized E. W. Bennett (1858-1933) to establish Ft. Stockton's First Telephone service in May 1909. The switchboard, operated by Bennett's daughter, Zetta, was located in a room attached to this adobe house, where the Bennetts lived. The wires connected with Ft. Stockton's 200 phone subscribers with Ozona, where Bennett's sons, John and Will, ran the family's telephone exchange. Lines were later strung to other towns, completing this vital communication link. The Ft. Stockton Exchange became part of Southwestern Bell Telephone System in 1928. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5371001875
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