The HISTORY In 1876 salesman John W. Gates brought barbed wire to Texas when he wagered $1 million that he could build a fence that would capably contain cattle. Some incredulous gambler took the bet.

Whether it's a steel fence separating the two countries, post and rails, or a string of barbed wire, the controversial debate on how exactly to secure our border continues.

Wire fencing dates from 1873 Many history books consider wire fencing as a comparatively recent American invention, giving such dates as 1873 for the invention of single-strand barbed wire and ...

In occupied East Jerusalem, Wednesday, Israeli authorities constructed a metal fence with barbed wire, on Sultan Suleiman Street, near the Damascus Gate of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Palestinian ...

By the 1920s, most of these fence line phones were replaced by formal company systems. Barbed wire fences still abound today at borders keeping people either in or out.

The chain-link fence, reinforced with barbed wire, anchored in concrete and buttressed in some sections with bunkers and military posts, now runs for much of the 170-mile border.