Chickasaw Telecom, Inc.

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Plenty, if you re one of the Chickasaw companies. Back in 1909, our company was created because of two mules. You see, there was this farmer who bought a couple of mules from a Mr. John W. Gauntt on credit against his next year s crop. But the crop failed and the poor farmer couldn t pay John, so he set out to return those mules. Now, this put John in a bind because he had no use for a pair of mules that had been worked for a year. So John and the farmer sat down and worked out a deal. John didn t need the mules back because he had acquired more mules in the past year and he asked the farmer what else he had to cover the note. After a few suggestions John said, Is that all? The farmer said, Well, I have the Lone Grove Telephone Company with thirty-five telephones. If you want it you can have that. John said, I ll take it. Thus under new ownership the company began to grow. Then in 1937, John advised his son Royce Gauntt that, You re the last of 12 children; the others have gone from...

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