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A specimen of Ellwood's hand made barbed wire, in the fashion of Glidden’s patent. In late 1872, Waterman, Illinois farmer Henry Rose developed a wire fence with an attached wooden strip containing projecting wire points to dissuade encroaching livestock. He patented his fence in May, 1873 and exhibited it at the DeKalb County Fair
A variation, called "field fence," has narrower openings at the bottom and wider openings at the top, which helps prevent animals from putting their feet through the fence. For example, horses in particular are safer kept inside woven wire fence with smaller openings, such as "no climb" fence with openings no larger than two inches by four inches.
The Glidden House as it looked around 1900. The land that the Glidden House stands on is what remains of Joseph Glidden's once large DeKalb County farm. His holdings stretched along Lincoln Highway, both the north and south sides, from the Kishwaukee River in the east to present-day Annie Glidden Road on the west.
Barbed wire fence in line brace. The most important and most time-consuming part of a barbed wire fence is constructing the corner post and the bracing assembly. A barbed wire fence is under tremendous tension, often up to half a ton, and so the corner post's sole function is to resist the tension of the fence spans connected to it. The bracing ...
The family of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton held a press conference asking Gov. Bill Lee to examine the case for a potential pardon.
I. Barbed-Wire Fence-Makers 1. Threshold of Promise 2. Prelude to 1874 3. Incident at De Kalb 4. "Prior-Use" Fences 5. Promoting Barbed Wire 6. Moonshine and Monopoly 7. Patent Litigation 8. Barbed-Wire Barons. II. Barbed-Wire Fence-Builders 9. "This Cockeyed World of Cattle Fold" 10. "The Big Die-up" 11. "King of the Coasters" and Brother Jon 12.
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The San Francisco 49ers suspended linebacker De’Vondre Campbell for the rest of the regular season after he refused to enter a game after losing his starting job. General manager John Lynch ...