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 ...

Most readers will think instead of the Glidden’s Barb, patented in 1874, which has a single-strand wire with a smaller piece of wire with two sharpened ends wrapped around the strand.

Wild Aware’s Barbed Wire Warriors said that it is the first-ever nonprofit recipient of a permit from CDOT to remove barbed wire fencing along the Highway 74 right-of-way.

In the Sanlitun embassy district all along Dongzhimenwai Dajie, teams of PLA soldiers spent Tuesday afternoon augmenting drab, old, rusty single-strand barbed wire with generous loops of bright ...

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.

Research was conducted by Oklahoma State University to examine the effects of grassland fires on barbed wire, he said. The study examined Class 1, 12 1/2-gauge, double-strand barbed wire.