Western Union Author:Zane Grey Not so long ago President Abraham Lincoln lifted deep cavernous eyes to his friend and visitor, Hiram Sibley, head of the Western Union Telegraph Company. "Sibley, wonderful as your idea is, its consummation sounds fantastic and visionary. However, I shall ask Congress for an appropriation." — Sibley's idea was to stretch a telegraph wire across... more » the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. And this is the story of that great adventure.« less