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__**Cyrus Field**__



Cyrus Field was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on November 30, 1819. Field created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858, than snapped. The telegraph cable that was successfully stretched across the Atlantic Ocean was tried 6 times before the //Great Eastern// laid it in 1866. On August 16, 1858, the first message was sent, which said,"Glory to God in the highest; on earth, peace and good will toward men."