The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 23:15, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
... that in 1871, sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart(pictured) was the first telegraph operator in Arizona Territory? Source: "Eliza Luella Stewart, the first telegraph operator at the Pipe Spring office, which opened in 1871, was only 16 years old" (National Park Service, "Virtual Tour - Telegraph Room", Pipe Spring National Monument, April 2020); she [Ella Stewart] had operated the Deseret Telegraph Line out of Kanab and had worked for a time at Pipe Springs, Arizona, earning the honor of being Arizona's first telegraph operator" (Maria S. Ellsworth, Mormon Odyssey: The Story of Ida Hunt Udall, Plural Wife, 1992, p.43).
ALT3: ... that when John Wesley Powell was on his second Grand Canyon expedition, teenage telegraphistElla Stewart(pictured) relayed his reports to Washington, D.C.? Source: "During the time of Major Powell’s expeditions to the Grand Canyon, she telegraphed his reports from the Kanab office to the Government in Washington, D. C." (Roberta Flake Clayton, Pioneer Women of Arizona 2nd ed., 739). It had to have been Powell's second expedition because Stewart became a telegraphist 1870–1871.
ALT5: ... that in 1870, Brigham Young recruited fifteen-year-old Ella Stewart(pictured) to become a telegraph operator for the Deseret Telegraph Company? Source: "In the Spring of 1870... President Young requested that one of the girls stay at Toquerville en route to Kanab to study telegraphy... Ella was left in Toquerville with Sarah Ann Spilsbury as her teacher" (Roberta Flake Clayton, Pioneer Women of Arizona 2nd ed., 739) plus sources in ALT0
Comment: Being certain about "firsts" can be dicey, so I brainstormed a bunch of hooks in case you (reviewer) feel uncertain about the first two. Also, this page's subject is associated with Ida Hunt Udall whose DYK is in the staging area, so to whoever assembles the preparation area/queue, if possible avoid posting them on consecutive days or what otherwise feels too close together. Thanks!
5x expanded by P-Makoto (talk). Self-nominated at 07:40, 16 November 2022 (UTC).
@Theleekycauldron: See the last sentence of the second paragraph under the "Plural marriage" subheading: "During this time, David and Ida only communicated through Ella Udall, who maintained epistolary correspondence with Ida under the false pretense of Ida being David's sister." P-Makoto (talk) 03:42, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
@P-Makoto: Good article. 
Will AGF on the offline sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)