Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story in the LA Times read: ‘California archaeologists, finding traces of 200 year old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.’

 One week later, The Wessington Springs True Dakotan, a local weekly newspaper, reported the following:
 After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Wessington Springs , South Dakota , Ole Olson, a  self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing.. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, South Dakota had already gone wireless.