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|title=Fencing Frontiers: The Barbed Wire Story

|title=Fencing Frontiers: The Barbed Wire Story

|publisher=Ellwood House Museum, DeKalb, IL

|publisher=Ellwood House Museum, DeKalb, IL

|accessdate=2006-11-27}} Glidden Steel called its product "Barb Wire".</ref>or, in the southeastern United States, '''bobbed wire'''<ref>{{cite web

|accessdate=2014-12-05}} Glidden Steel called its product "Barb Wire".</ref>or, in the southeastern United States, '''bobbed wire'''<ref>{{cite web

   |url=http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/barbed_wire.html

   |url=http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/barbed_wire.html

   |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110714133236/http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/barbed_wire.html

   |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110714133236/http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/barbed_wire.html

   |title=A Collection of Barbed Wire

   |title=A Collection of Barbed Wire

   |publisher=The [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray County]] Museum

   |publisher=The [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray County]] Museum

   |accessdate=2006-11-28

   |accessdate=2014-12-05

}}</ref>, is a type of twisted fencing wire with short projecting barbs that are designed to snag on hair, flesh or clothing. The original patent for barbed wire was awarded to Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, IL in 1874 and it became invaluable in restricting the movement of livestock, as it required only wooden stakes, staples and a hammer for unskilled labor to erect a stock-proof fence. This invention enabled the development of large-scale [[cattle]]-ranching.  

}}</ref>, is a type of twisted fencing wire with short projecting barbs that are designed to snag on hair, flesh or clothing. The original patent for barbed wire was awarded to Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, IL in 1874 and it became invaluable in restricting the movement of livestock, as it required only wooden stakes, staples and a hammer for unskilled labor to erect a stock-proof fence. This invention enabled the development of large-scale [[cattle]]-ranching.