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The inventor of barb wire was Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio who received the first patent on it in 1867.
A Texas law in 1884 declared fence cutting a felony after many bitter years of the Fence Cutting Wars.
Joseph Glidden became King of the Barb and received a patent for his design in 1874. He designed the machinery to mass produce the wire.
Nomadic Native Americans resented being restricted by barb wire and called it “the Devil’s rope.”
There is over 21 Million miles of barbed wire installed each year and over 5 Billion fence clips used to secure it.
There exist 530 patents for barbed wire, with over 2,000 style variations.