The first telegraph message was received in Baltimore by Alfred Vail in 1844. It was 22 characters long. Take that Twitter!
Washington D.C. is the site of the first trials of modern cell phone towers – people here have a lot to talk about!
Make sure your cell is charged when you visit the International Women’s Air & Space Museum. They have an awesome audio tour that you can listen to on your phone!
Yellowstone in winter is mighty cold, but the scenery is just So Right. Drop by The Shack in Jackson, Wyoming to grab a new camera to capture the magic.
Head to Pioneer Court in Chicago, and make a call on the world’s largest cell phone. It’s approximately 15-feet long, 13-feet high and 3-feet deep.
Martin Cooper was born in Chicago in 1928 – he’s the inventor of the handheld mobile phone – so you can thank him and his So Right invention for making this check in possible.
