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Portland physician-druggist made history with telegraph 'hobby'(WPA oral-history interview with Ross Plummer)

Published: Aug. 12, 2024, 2 p.m.

WPA writer Andrew C. Sherbert's oral history interview with old Portland pharmacist Ross Plummer, discussing Ross's father \u2014 pioneering physician, druggist and telegraphy expert O.P.S. Plummer, who helped Western Union connect Portland to the line and had the first telephone in the Beaver State. (For the transcript, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001952/ )