History
It was founded in 1895 to serve Malheur County, Oregon (then located in Sunset Telephone and Telegraph territory). A controlling interest was purchased by Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company in 1899, in exchange for Malheur's purchase of the toll line Rocky Mountain Bell laid to connect Malheur to the rest of the telephone network. It continued to remain an independent operation of The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, formed when Rocky Mountain Bell merged with several other telephone companies throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Malheur Bell was located in a state served by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph.
By 1984, Mountain Bell had acquired 100% of the company's stock, and Malheur continued to operate independently of Mountain Bell. At this point it was located within Pacific Northwest Bell territory, split from Pacific Telephone in the 1960s. PNB became a sister Bell Operating Company of Mountain Bell under U S WEST ownership in 1984. In 1991, U S WEST merged its operating companies into Mountain Bell, renamed U S WEST Communications; however, Malheur Bell remained independent of the rest of U S WEST operations, and continued to use the Bell trademark.
In 2000, U S WEST was acquired by Qwest, and U S WEST Communications was renamed Qwest Corporation. Malheur Bell, however, continued to operate independently of its parent, renamed Qwest Corporation.
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