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Wilmer T. Swink, and boy Winslow, Henry's collection
and research would never have been completed with the
help of this people I just named to you.
How many different kinds of barbed wire have
been made since 186,7 it is not know for certain,
Carly varied smooth wire was made on November 8, 1853,
by William H. Mevivether of New Braunfels, Texas.
This early smooth-wire-and-board type of fencing
incorporated several important points which should be
no e, P. ~ dpeoi tiions provided for
four strands of wire with one rail of wood about three
or four feet from the ground next below the top wire.
This was to keep small cattle from going under the
fence, from)distance the wire is invisible.
Thorny Pence (Early varied) was made in February
11, 1868, by Michael Kelly of New York, New York.
This double strand wire has a two point elongate
diamond which is perforated in the center so that
one of the strands may be threaded through the hole.
The wre was vicious and did great damage to unkown,
cattle and horses. After the second generation of 1a
"penned in"rcattle became accustomed to wire fencesand manage to escape injury. This was the first
effective barbed-wire in -the United States.
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Sanchez, Johnny. Barbed Wire: A Research Project for M. H. S., text, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth87900/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Marfa Public Library.