The Devil's Rope
When I was stopping the other day to take pictures of the curious horse, I pulled into a driveway to turn around and this old fencepost caught my eye. I love the texture of it. It also made me curious about barbed wire.

This will count as your "learn something new today" fact so don't let your eyes glaze over yet. Actually, here are five facts about barbed wire in case you are so intrigued by the first fact that you can't possibly stop reading. Hey, it could happen.
#1. Did you know that barbed wire was first developed in France in 1865 by Louis Jannin as fil de fer barbelé. So chic!
#2 Animal rights advocates in the 1800's called it the Devil's Rope because it harmed animals who tried to get through the wire and because nomadic Native Americans were cut off from tribal lands. Others simply called it the thorny fence.

Okay, only three more facts to go.
#3 There are 2 museums in the United States dedicated to exhibiting the barbed wire - Devil's Rope Museum in McLean Texas and the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in LaCrosse, Kansas.
#4 There are over 500 barbed wire patents and over 2000 variations of those patents. This poster is courtesy of the Devil's Rope Museum.

Last one, hang in there!
#5 The father of American barbed wire is Joseph Glidden. He originally used a coffee bean grinder to twist his wires for his barbed wire.

You did it! Now, you can enter into any conversation about barbed wire and dazzle everyone with these scintillating facts! Aren't you glad you didn't stop reading?

This will count as your "learn something new today" fact so don't let your eyes glaze over yet. Actually, here are five facts about barbed wire in case you are so intrigued by the first fact that you can't possibly stop reading. Hey, it could happen.
#1. Did you know that barbed wire was first developed in France in 1865 by Louis Jannin as fil de fer barbelé. So chic!
#2 Animal rights advocates in the 1800's called it the Devil's Rope because it harmed animals who tried to get through the wire and because nomadic Native Americans were cut off from tribal lands. Others simply called it the thorny fence.

Okay, only three more facts to go.
#3 There are 2 museums in the United States dedicated to exhibiting the barbed wire - Devil's Rope Museum in McLean Texas and the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in LaCrosse, Kansas.
#4 There are over 500 barbed wire patents and over 2000 variations of those patents. This poster is courtesy of the Devil's Rope Museum.

Last one, hang in there!
#5 The father of American barbed wire is Joseph Glidden. He originally used a coffee bean grinder to twist his wires for his barbed wire.

You did it! Now, you can enter into any conversation about barbed wire and dazzle everyone with these scintillating facts! Aren't you glad you didn't stop reading?





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