EPISODE · Dec 20, 2021 · 1 MIN
This Week in Illinois History: Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire (November 24, 1874)
from This Week in Illinois History · host Clint Cargile
Barbed wire may seem like a simple invention, but when it was invented in the 1870s, it changed the world, made millions for its creators and put DeKalb, Illinois on the map.
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Barbed wire may seem like a simple invention, but when it was invented in the 1870s, it changed the world, made millions for its creators and put DeKalb, Illinois on the map.
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This Week in Illinois History: Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire (November 24, 1874)
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