September 5, 2019
Fence Posts to Fiber Optics
In the summer of 2016, Golden West created the Fence Posts to Fiber Optics traveling technology exhibit. This rolling collection of history gave Golden West customers a chance to learn about and experience telecommunications from 1916 to 2016.
This interactive display showcases the progress of telecommunications technology and the history of Golden West. Visitors will be able to make calls using antique phones, see firsthand the evolution of telephones, visit a first-generation website, and get a look inside the fiber optic cables that deliver modern services.
From the Alexander Graham Bell’s first phone call to the Minuteman Missile System and dial-up internet, Fence Posts to Fiber Optics shows how telecommunications technology and services have evolved to become a vital part of our lives.
Telecommunications Industry Excellence Exhibit Runs September through October
Visitors to the South Dakota Hall of Fame can experience the evolution of telecommunications in the state over the past 100 years by touring the Golden West trailer exhibit, Fence Posts to Fiber Optics.
The Fence Posts to Fiber Optics trailer showcases the evolution of the telephone industry and the history of Golden West. Step inside to make calls using antique phones, see firsthand the evolution of telephones, visit a first-generation website, and look inside the fiber optic cables that deliver modern telecommunication services.
The exhibit is on loan to the South Dakota Hall of Fame through October. Golden West created this mobile museum in 2016 in celebration of 100 years of service. Golden West took the rolling collection of history on a tour of the state that summer.
The trailer is part of a larger exhibit at the South Dakota Hall of Fame this fall. The Telecommunications Industry Excellence Exhibit displays the history and growth of the state’s telecommunications industry and highlights technological progress from party lines to fiber optics. It opens during the South Dakota Hall of Fame’s Honors Ceremony celebration on September 13 and runs through the end of October.
For more information visit: http://sdexcellence.org/Hall_of_Fame_at_Chamberlain