Invention of the Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish immigrant who taught deaf students. He was keen on experimenting and trying new things, lucky for us this experimenting led to the creation of the telephone. It's hard to imagine a time where cell phones didn't exist. I remember when I was much younger, my mom had a brick cell phone that had limited capabilities. It was simply to call and send texts, although texting wasn't popular. The extent of app-like features was the option to play the most basic game, 'Snake'. The first phone consumer was Mark Twain because he was able to afford the luxury of a phone. He was credited saying, "The human voice carries entirely too far as it is." That was interesting to imagine someone seeing the creation of the phone and thinking it wasn't the most ground breaking invention. How would people communicate or get anything done if they weren't able to speak to each other without being in person or mailing a letter?