Return to:   "WAMCATS: The Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System - On May 26, 1900, Congress gave its approval to build an extensive network of telegraph and cable lines that would link Alaska to the rest of the world." William "Billy" Mitchell WAMCATS cable was offloaded at Valdez Military crews and miners were tapped to work the WAMCATS project Wortmann's telegraph station The Beaver Dam Roadhouse George M. Woods Camp at Lower Tenderfoot after a heavy snow "Cut-in at 89" A man reads the Army-Navy Register
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