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A mounted display of different antique barbed wire fencing varieties that were used in the American West and California in the 1800s Stock Photo - Alamy
![A mounted display of different antique barbed wire fencing varieties that were used in the American West and California in the 1800s Stock Photo - Alamy A mounted display of different antique barbed wire fencing varieties that were used in the American West and California in the 1800s Stock Photo - Alamy](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2pjrder/a-mounted-display-of-different-antique-barbed-wire-fencing-varieties-that-were-used-in-the-american-west-and-california-in-the-1800s-2pjrder.jpg)
A mounted display of different antique barbed wire fencing varieties that were used in the American West and California in the 1800s Stock Photo - Alamy
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![XIT Ranch on Twitter: "1/ Beginning in 1868, a series of patents were issued for interlocking strands of wire. These wires were outfitted with sharp barbs that kept even the toughest cattle XIT Ranch on Twitter: "1/ Beginning in 1868, a series of patents were issued for interlocking strands of wire. These wires were outfitted with sharp barbs that kept even the toughest cattle](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHD0pGZWYAcaSdm.jpg:large)
XIT Ranch on Twitter: "1/ Beginning in 1868, a series of patents were issued for interlocking strands of wire. These wires were outfitted with sharp barbs that kept even the toughest cattle
![on Twitter: "Today I learned that not all barbed wire is created equally #thingsididnotknow https://t.co/AC1ZovAoYG" / Twitter on Twitter: "Today I learned that not all barbed wire is created equally #thingsididnotknow https://t.co/AC1ZovAoYG" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DletdaXUYAIp-LU.jpg:large)
on Twitter: "Today I learned that not all barbed wire is created equally #thingsididnotknow https://t.co/AC1ZovAoYG" / Twitter
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