Few inventions that were designed in the 1870s that have not changed since they were patented, and they are still widely used in the 21st century. Barbed wire is an innovation that fits this category, ...

In the mid 1800s, not many (non-native) Americans had ever been west of the Mississippi. When Frederick Law Olmstead visited the west in the 1850s, he remarked that the plains looked like a sea of ...

At the height of Manifest Destiny, when the United States was pushing into the West, the frontiersmen of the late 1800s needed a cheap way to contain livestock and keep grazing animals out of farm ...

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, ...

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. | It can only mean one thing if Mike Call slams on the brakes while driving down the highway — barbed wire. Call’s been known to spot a new type of barbed wire while driving 50 mph ...

Don't fence me in! Unless you do it with the thousands of fascinating barbed wire samples on display at the Devil's Rope Museum in McLean, Texas. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

There is an adage that says, “Change begins at the ballot box,” which could not be further from the truth. Change begins with human ingenuity, which affects how we live our lives, which — at some ...

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) - It can only mean one thing if Mike Call slams on the brakes while driving down the highway - barbed wire. Call’s been known to spot a new type of barbed wire while driving 50 ...