The Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company Pin

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Picked up this pin from a good friend. As far as I know, this was an independent from Minnesota. Also, I believe this company was absorbed by Northwestern Bell. And, I am not sure why the independents adopted the red, white, and blue shield. Pins to the West, except California, are very sparse. This is because Bell had more capital to take on the mountains, the forests, the cold, and the rough terrain. Regrettably, not much in the way of pins from the West. I have seen one Colorado Telephone Company...

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