. The new eclectic history of the United States . raph betweenEurope and America. The chief mover in the enterprise wasMr. Cyrus W. Field,* of New York, who, during twelve yearsof costly experiments, never lost heart, even under disastrousfailure ; but, crossing the ocean fifty times, succeeded in im-parting his own courage to English and American first transatlantic cable was laid in 1858 from Hearts Con-tent, in Newfoundland, to Valencia Bay, in Ireland. It carriedfour hundred messages, but ceased to work within a month. 590. Many ridiculed the idea of trying again, but Mr. F
. The new eclectic history of the United States . raph betweenEurope and America. The chief mover in the enterprise wasMr. Cyrus W. Field,* of New York, who, during twelve yearsof costly experiments, never lost heart, even under disastrousfailure ; but, crossing the ocean fifty times, succeeded in im-parting his own courage to English and American first transatlantic cable was laid in 1858 from Hearts Con-tent, in Newfoundland, to Valencia Bay, in Ireland. It carriedfour hundred messages, but ceased to work within a month. 590. Many ridiculed the idea of trying again, but Mr. Fieldsoon formed a new company with a capital of three millions ofdollars; a much better cable was made, and in June, 1865, theGreat Eastern began to lay it on the ocean bed. Half her taskwas done, when the cable broke and was lost beneath thewaves. A new company was at once formed, a new cablemade, and in the following summer the two hemispheres wereconnected by lines of instant communication. Going to the PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN AMERICA. 349 At .44. The Great Eastern Laying the Cable. place of her former failure, the Great Eastern picked up the lostcable, joined the broken strands, and successfully laid it. Fivecables now connect us with Europe, and one connects us withBrazil. 591. The purchase of all Eussian Americas for $7,200,000, in1867, greatly enlarged the territory of the United the corruption of a native word meaning a great coun-try, it is called Alaska. Sitka, the United States military sta-tion, is one of the rainiest places in North America. Thewealth of the region is in its pine and cedar timber, its seal-skins and other valuable furs, and its mineral deposits, includ-ing gold. The Yukon, one of the great rivers of the world,flows for 2,000 miles through the territory. Its waters aboundin fish. Until 1884 this vast region had no other governmentthan could be exercised by military officers at Sitka. In Mayof that year Congress enacted a law for the organiza
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