The above is taken from "Utah Since Statehood" Vol. II pp 87-90
Anthon H.
Lund
As Mt. Pleasant's First Telegraph Operator
Anthon H.
Lund was a Latter Day Saint immigrant from Denmark. In 1862 Anthon settled in Sanpete County at
the age of 18, and set out to make a living.
He worked as a farm laborer-digging potatoes and threshing wheat. He repaired
harnesses and made shoes.
In 1866 a telegraph school was set up in the
Brigham Young School House in Salt Lake City. Anthon H. Lund was amongst those
chosen to learn telegraphy. He was credited as being one of the most
proficient.
He returned to Mt. Pleasant and set up Mt.
Pleasants’ first telegraph office with an adjacent photograph gallery and
traveling studio wagon.
He became President of the Manti Temple in
1891 and was called to be a counselor in the First Presidency of the Latter Day
Saints Church in 1901.
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