Barbed Wire in Cooke County
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txoilgas
N 33° 37.450 W 097° 08.675
14S E 672106 N 3722029
Marcer located at the corner of the new bank building.
Waymark Code: WMAJVQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2011
Views: 10
Marker Number: 301
Marker Text:
The development of barbed wire fencing had a revolutionary impact on the economy and settlement pattern in Texas. In 1874, Joseph Glidden of Illinois received a patent for his barbed wire. By 1875, Henry B. Sanborn had come to North Texas as Glidden's barbed wire salesman. Cleaves & Fletcher Hardware, once located at this site, and other Gainesville businesses began to stock Glidden's Barbed Wire as it came into demand by Texas ranchers. Sanborn's 1875 transaction with Cleaves & Fletcher may represent the earliest sale of two-stranded modern barbed wire in Texas.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
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