Telephones In Highwood
1894

On Wednesday, the 3rd of October, 1894, The City Council of the Village of Fort Sheridan (to be called "Highwood" in the future) granted exclusive rights to a gentleman known as "George Cutter" to erect "poles and wires" as necessary along the various streets and alleyways of the Village, for the purpose of carrying "electricity" for the creation of "telephone exchanges" within the Village Limits.

In exchange, Mr. Cutter agreed to supply the telephonic services to the Village, for official purposes, at no cost.

You would think that somewhere there would be a statue or commemorative plaque dedicated to this pioneer, Mr. Cutter, so we could take images of it with our smart phones, and send the images around the world wirelessly.

Sadly, I don't know of any such statue or commemorative plaque.