The first telegraph was made in 1837 by Samuel Morse, later in 1838 "Morse Code" was invented in 1838 with the help of his partner Alfred Vail. Making this changed the way people communicated, it was faster than all forms of communication at that time and helped companies make more revenue.
Early adopters, According to History.com. Being the first long-distance device-only companies like the railroads, military forces like the navy and marines used the telegraph to communicate with each other. It was easily available for companies, as long as they got it from Samuel morse and later from a man named Marconi. The problem for people was that you had to learn morse code, and have a specific license and system to use the telegraph. According to Brittanica "Although railroad traffic control was one of the earliest applications of the telegraph, it immediately became a vital tool for the transmission of news around the country. In 1848 the Associated Press was formed in the United States to pool telegraph expenses, and in 1849 Paul Julius Reuters in Paris initiated telegraphic press service (using pigeons to cover sections where lines were incomplete). By 1851 more than 50 telegraph companies were in operation in the United States.
Only late adopters were civilians themselves. People didn't get telegraphs until it was developed where you can use English to talk to people other than morse code. by then everything else developed as well. soon radios and telephones were invented and from there, more forms of communication were made.
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