The first patents for barbed wire fence appeared in 1867 and 1868, belonging to Lucian B. Smith and Michael Kelly, respectively.

The wire refused to slide free of the truck bed thus cluing me in to <B>The second law of barbed wire:</B> Any mass of jumbled barbed wire will fuse with any other mass in its immediate proximity.

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.

EVERGREEN, Colo. — A decades-old, barbed wire fence along Highway 74 near Evergreen is finally coming down — thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership between a nonprofit and the State of ...

On Nov. 24, 1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which altered the development of ranching on the Great Plains.

FULSHEAR, Texas — A great horned owl was safely rescued Wednesday morning after becoming entangled on a barbed wire fence along FM 1093 near Cross Creek Boulevard, authorities said. According to ...

Nine of the 10 men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and ...