XIT Ranch on Twitter: "1/ Beginning in 1868, a series of patents were issued for interlocking strands of wire. These wires were outfitted with sharp barbs that kept even the toughest cattle
A mounted display of different antique barbed wire fencing varieties that were used in the American West and California in the 1800s Stock Photo - Alamy
The History of Barbed Wire Fencing - Farm Collector
A Twist in History: Original Haish barbed wire patent model