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Western Union Telegraph Expedition

1865-1867 expedition organized by the Smithsonian Institution to Canada, Russian-America (Alaska), and Asia
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Summary

Western Union Telegraph Expedition is an expedition[1]. It draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (expedition category, ranking #33 of 90).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: military operation[4]
  • Location: Russian America[5], Canada[6], Asia[7]
  • Commons category: Collins Overland telegraph[8]
  • Archives at: Smithsonian Institution[9]
  • Start time: 1865[10]
  • End time: 1867[11]
  • Participant: Robert Kennicott[12], William Healey Dall[13], Henry M. Bannister[14], Henry Wood Elliott[15]
  • Affiliation: Chicago Academy of Sciences[16], Smithsonian Institution[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[18]

Why It Matters

Western Union Telegraph Expedition is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Canada Smithsonian Institution United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. Retrieved . siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'ru']
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    Participant → Robert Kennicott, William Healey Dall, Henry M. Bannister +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
  2. 6w ago · Ambrosia10 · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → +1865-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Start time → —
    End time → —
    End time → +1867-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Participant: Robert Kennicott"
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