Short Stuff: Barbed Wire

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Barbed wire changed the Western US as much as the railroad and the six-shooter. Before barbed wire arrived, the West was free and open; after, the West became concentrated in the hands of a few big ranchers. No wonder it was called “devil’s rope.”

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