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Nathan
B. Stubblefield (November 22,
1860 - March 28, 1928) was an
American inventor, Educator and
Founder of
Teléph-on-délgreen
Industrial
School.
Born in Callaway County, Murray,
Kentucky. Nathan was raised in
Murray in a strict Southern
Christian environment. Nathan was
the second son, and was one of
five children, having four
brothers and one
half-sister.
His
father, William Stubblefield,
(1830 -1874), was an attorney,
educator, a respected Mason, and
was a Captain in the Confederate
army during the Civil War, (1861
to 1864). The school in which
Nathan received his
pre-scientific and pre-legal
training was the Male and Female
Institute. The school was
co-founded by Nathan's father,
"Capt. Billy"-- in
1871.
In
1874, Capt. Billy created the
Stubblefield Family Trust. He
endowed the Trust with the
schools State charter, his real
estate holding, and his law firm
assets to benefit the Trust on
behalf of his
family.
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By
1892 and 1907, respectfully,
the Family
Trusts' Male and Female
Institute,
and pre-college academe system
included; the Nathan Stubblefield
Industrial School, and
Teléph-on-délgreen
Industrial School.
The
82 acre campus is now part of the
Murray State University. -
SEE
MURRAY
STATE.
Believe
it or not, there was no
electricity or telegraphy in
Murray in 1880. In fact, it
wasn't until 1885, that the
Southern States of the U.S., had
their first land-line Telegraphy
and Telephony office. The T&T
office was established by NBS,
utilizing his patented Mechanical
Telephone system that didn't
require electricity. In fact the
big seller in 1885, was the
"Carrie Lamp Lighter" -- to
facilitate the use of coal
lanterns.
By
1892, the area had its first
electric RF Wireless
Telephone, and first
electrified copper wire
installations attached to
telegraph land-line's poles. It
wasn't until 1944 that Kentucky
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The only electrical
communication system heard about
in Murray, was the mechanical
wired telephony, and telegraphy.
There were no packets of instant
cocoa laying around, where all
Nathan had to do was add hot
water, turn the electric switch
on and
poof.
But as the
story goes, after the Dolbear
lecture, - - Nathan's basic
innate senses intensified beyond
any normal human capacity -- it
was like he had an extra sense,
"the Sixth Sense." He could
communicate with nature's natural
energy producing stones like
crystals, loadstones and the only
thing he had to work with, a
compass.
In 1992, the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, issued
a proclamation and passed a
symbolic official notice,
recognizing that Nathan B.
Stubblefield was the true
inventor of radio, and should be
so recognized internationally as
such, and that Murray in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky be
recognized as the birthplace of
radio, and that the year 1992 be
proclaimed as the NATHAN BEVERLY
STUBBLEFIELD YEAR IN KENTUCKY IN
RECOGNITION OF HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENT
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PROCLAMATION
Confirmed by telecommunication
historical timelines, other
wireless achievers and award
winners like Marconi, Tesla and
Fessenden did advance their EMW
Spark generators to broadcast
voice and music, but it is
equally clear that when they did,
the broadcasts occurred after
Stubblefield's demonstrations and
patent recordations. England
retained the name "wireless" for
broadcasting, while the U.S.
renamed it,
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