Western Union Telegraph Expedition - Report of D.C. Norton, April 20, 1867

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On the eastern edge of Siberia in early 1867, foreman D.C. Norton records this report of his party's experience. A trip that began with a "seeming degree of extreme cold" of minus 54 degrees Fahrenheit got even colder before the sunset that first day. As Norton notes, the conditions they faced neared the coldest temperatures ever recorded for that time. Did the party’s time braving the bone chilling temperatures prove useful towards the Western Union Telegraph's Expedition's goal of finding a place to lay a telegraph line? Join other digital volunteers in another transcription project from the Expedition begun two years earlier with an endorsement from President Abraham Lincoln.

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