Back during the ranching days in Evergreen, Colorado, a barbed wire fence was an important tool for ranchers to make sure their property was safe. But now that it's open space, they are no longer ...

In this region, the border is marked by two walls built with steel columns, and the barbed wire was placed on the wall closest to Mexican territory. Meanwhile, at the San Ysidro border crossing, where ...

ERSKINE, Minn. -- Cheri Hasbrouck loves fixing fences, especially if they're barbed wire. While stretching and twisting the unyielding wire is the bane of many a rancher's existence, for Hasbrouck ...

Drive down just about any country road and you’ll see it. You may have never thought it would be worthy of a large museum, but then again, you probably never imagined this had such a long and storied ...

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, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There are more than 700 steel knots in The “Bobbed Wire” Bible ...

American troops without much to do are on the U.S.-Mexico border stringing concertina wire, a type of barbed wire manufactured in coils and often used to create an obstacle in war, to stop a caravan ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The United States has been fortifying its southern border against the “caravan” of migrants from Central American nations ...