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  2. Fence Cutting Wars - Wikipedia

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    Property owners were ordered to remove fences placed across property they did not own, provide gates every three miles, and keep the gates in good repair. By the mid 1880s, large-scale fence cutting in Texas had essentially ended.

  3. Mabel Doss Day Lea - Wikipedia

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    She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. [1] [2] [3] The Day Cattle Ranch Company had the largest fenced ranch in Texas upon the outbreak of the 1883 Fence Cutting War and she lobbied for a law to make fence cutting illegal, which was passed the following year. [1] [4]

  4. Open-fields doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Open fields near Lisbon, Ohio.. The open-fields doctrine (also open-field doctrine or open-fields rule), in the U.S. law of criminal procedure, is the legal doctrine that a "warrantless search of the area outside a property owner's curtilage" does not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  5. The Hidden Meaning Behind Purple Fence Posts and the ... - AOL

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    Painting a fence post purple sends a clear message to keep out of a property without relying on the actual words. Unlike a sign that can become stolen or unreadable over time, the purple paint ...

  6. Barbed wire - Wikipedia

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    The Fence Cutting Wars ended with the passage of a Texas law in 1884 that made fence cutting a felony. Other states followed, although conflicts occurred through the early years of the 20th century. [25] An 1885 federal law forbade placing such fences across the public domain. [22] Barbed wire is cited by historians as the invention that tamed ...

  7. Texas seized part of the US-Mexico border and blocked ... - AOL

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    Around that time, state authorities started erecting razor wire, fencing and gates to shut off access to Shelby Park, an adjoining golf course and an area under the port of entry bridge federal ...

  8. Ira Aten - Wikipedia

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    Ira Aten (September 3, 1862 – August 5, 1953) was a Texas Ranger who was inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. Aten was born in Cairo, Illinois. His father Austin Aten was a Methodist circuit rider, and moved the family to Texas in 1876, settling near Round Rock. In 1878, while still a boy, Aten witnessed the death of outlaw Sam Bass.

  9. In Texas, can I sue a noisy neighbor? Here’s what state law ...

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    In Texas, particularly in unincorporated county areas, any noise that’s louder than 85 decibels can be breaking the law. Many Texas cities, who have the authority to regulate noise levels inside ...