First Telegraphed Message from Arizona

Date: December 15, 1871 • Location: Star Valley, United States

Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory.

Eliza Luella "Ella" Stewart Udall was an American telegraphist and entrepreneur. Recruited by Brigham Young in 1870 and stationed at the Deseret Telegraph Company office in Pipe Spring in 1871, Udall was the first telegraph operator in Arizona Territory.