The First Telephone
category : Markers
![The First Telephone](/images/attractions/OK0302052a008.jpg)
This monument was erected as a public service by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
Adjacent to this marker is another marker reading -
John Brian ( J.B.) Stapler
- The first man to speak on the telephone west of the Mississippi from Fort Gibson to Tahlequah.
Address: Cherokee Square surrounding the Capitol Building.
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