Deseret Telegraph Company

Deseret Telegraph Company
Company type	Public
Industry	Telegraphy
Founded	January 18, 1867 in; Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Founder	Brigham Young
Defunct	April 1900
Fate	Dissolved, assets sold
Successor	Assets acquired by; Western Union
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Area served	Utah, parts of Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada
Key people	A. Milton Musser (First superintendent); George Q. Cannon (First treasurer);
Owner	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and private stockholders

The Deseret Telegraph Company (/ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ ^ⓘ)^[1] was a telegraphy company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The company was organized in 1867 to direct operation of the recently completed Deseret Telegraph Line; its largest stakeholder was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Deseret line ran north and south through the Utah Territory, connecting the numerous settlements with Salt Lake City and the First Transcontinental Telegraph. The company was dissolved in 1900 when its assets, including the Deseret line, were sold to the Western Union Telegraph Company.