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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY

(aka MOUNTAIN BELL)

St. George, Utah

LOCATION

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph
6 West Tabernacle
St. George, Utah
Telephone 112                           in the 1941 telephone book     (Manager)
Telephone 132                           in the 1941 telephone book     (Repair Service)
Telephone 480                           in the 1954 telephone book     (Mountain States Tel & Tel Co)

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph
104 East Tabernacle
St. George, Utah
Telephone ORchard 3-3511     in the 1958 telephone book     (Business Office)
Telephone 673-3511                 in the 1961 telephone book     (Business Office)
Telephone ORchard 3-3515     in the 1961 telephone book     (Time of Day Service)

Mountain Bell
104 East Tabernacle
St. George, Utah
Telephone 673-3511                 in the 1972 telephone book     (Business Office)


HISTORY

Ruth Squire was a telephone operator in St. George in the 1940-1950's. In particular, she was at the switchboard during the Short Creek raid in 1953.


PHOTOS

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REFERENCES

History of Mountain States Telephone,

Southern Utah Memories: Telephone Operator Picketers Get a "Hosing" by Local Men Who Commandeer St. George City Fire Truck,
by Loren R. Webb,   January 6, 2013