In 1902, the Enumclaw Telephone Company begins operation serving seven subscribers, most of whom are members of the extended family of Axel G. Hanson (1864-1943), owner of the White River Lumber and Shingle Company. All the customers are on one line and the switchboard is in the back of Chris Christensen's paint shop. Operators also wait on customers, chop wood, and keep books.
The Enumclaw Telephone Company was later acquired by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.
Sources:
Louise Ross Poppleton, There is only one Enumclaw (Enumclaw: Published by the Author, 1980), 34.
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