The HISTORYIn 1876 salesman John W. Gates brought barbed wire to Texas when he wagered $1 million that ... a veteran fenceman who works for the League City–based American Fence and Supply ...

For my first fence, I used 14-gauge wire and barbed wire. Both are bad choices for an electric fence. That size of wire is simply too weak for permanent use, and it kinks and breaks easily.

A yearling whitetail that was found dead in a barbed wire fence. Photo by Natalie Krebs. With an estimated 620,000 miles of old barbed wire criss-crossing the Western U.S., the group points out, there ...

An example of barbed wire found in a past archaeological dig at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown June 8, 2023. (Photo contributed by the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of ...

Barbed wire from defunct cattle ranch causing problems in Colorado open space 02:15. Back during the ranching days in Evergreen, Colorado, a barbed wire fence was an important tool for ranchers to ...