Saturday, June 23, 2018

McLean, Texas

Get Hooked on Barbed Wire at the Devil's Rope Museum



"Barbed wire gave us control of the land, and windmills made the land habitable"

Rope fencing was used before the invention of barbed wire


Meet "Bob Wired"

Today, more than 450 patents exist for barbed wire and more than 2,000 types and variations of barbed wire have been found


A real sharp stetson




Barbed wire neck yoke

Old school cattle guards


Medicines made for man and animal to put on their Barbed wire cuts


Hey, we carry one of these high lift jacks in the jeep

Barbed wire Crow's nest
A pack rat with wings, Crows make nests anywhere with everything.  This nest was cut from a tree near Dodge City, Kansas and contains several different types of barbed wire

Early day railroad packing requirements, when shipping a  roll of barbed wire from Illinois to California

Fence Cutter Wars


Rolls of used barbed wire destined for a smelter, compressed into a bale by recycling presses.




The original steer from the first Big Texan Steak Ranch



Anything you can do in a Cadillac you can do better in a Motorhome

1 comment:

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    888 789-9697 call ahead
    Very convenient

    Walmart Neighborhood Market
    SW 58th St Amarillo $2.65 2.5 miles south of I-40 60 cents per gallon cheaper than truck stops along I-40

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