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title	:	Barbs, Prongs, Points, Prickers, & Stickers; : A Complete and Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Barbed Wire
author	:	Clifton, Robert T.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806108762
print isbn13	:	9780806108766
ebook isbn13	:	9780806170701
language	:	English
subject	Barbed wire--Collectors and collecting.
publication date	:	1970
lcc	:	TS271.C38 1970eb
ddc	:	681.7
subject	:	Barbed wire--Collectors and collecting.

Page iii Barbs, Prongs, Points, Prickers, Stickers A Complete and Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Barbed Wire Robert T. Clifton University of Oklahoma Press : Norman and London

Page v Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-88140 ISBN: 0-8061-0876-2 Copyright 1970 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Page vi To my wife

Page vii Foreword Alongthe trail of American history, there is an endless array of archival material and artifacts that attract and hold the interest of scholars and other people who look to the past for their pleasure as well as for information. When these objects of history lend themselves to grouping and can be moved, their accumulation becomes the goal of museums, libraries, and individuals. This collecting has become the hobby of an ever increasing number of American people who delight in gathering, exchanging, and hoarding evidence of a former time. The general trend is to concentrate on objects of inconsiderable size, such as buttons, bottles, spurs, bridle bits, and even fence wire. The strong interest in antique barbed wire is indicated by the number of people who are actively discussing, collecting, trading, selling, and exhibiting it. So vigorous and impressive is the movement that people who, until recently, never knew there was more than one kind are making the various aspects of barbed wire the highlights of their conversation. Whenever farmers and ranchers gather to discuss crops, stock, and prices, stories of early barbed wire are likely to become part of the conversation. Displays can be seen in cafs, filling stations, and barbershops. Larger and more elaborate exhibits appear in museums and on the show boards of collectors. Gripped with excitement, the collector searches farm and ranch lands for antique barbed wire. His hope is to find a new old wire. He may never find the elusive treasure,

Page viii but he is found looking out ghost towns in New Mexico, checking faint remains of eastern Colorado homesteads, criss-crossing Kansas plains, or scouting lake shores and new expressway sites. The men, women, and youngsters who engage in this hobby are scattered throughout the country. Among them are doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, students, and civil servants. They are determined that future generations will be able to view the evidence of the past which they have gathered with such patience and pleasure. Those possessed by this unusual hobby know the enjoyment it bringsan enjoyment that is equalled only by the curiosity of the uninformed, who observe and wonder what it is all about. For those who know what it is all aboutwho know the rewards of collecting a wire that had so important a role in the development of our countrythis book is intended to serve as a helpful guide. I regret that all who helped me cannot be listed, but I am deeply grateful to all of them. My greatest indebtedness, however, is to C. Boone McClure, Museum Director, and his staff, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas; Roscoe Rouse, Jr., University Librarian, and the Patents Section staff, Oklahoma State University, Still-water, Oklahoma; and the personnel of the Correspondence and Mail Branch, United States Patent Office, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., for the co-operative and positive assistance provided when the material for the work was being collected. I wish, also, to acknowledge indebtedness to the following collectors for their help and suggestions during the various stages of research and organization: Leo and Elva Shugart, Hoisington, Kansas; W. T. Swink, Olney, Texas; Hollis J. Gordon, Independence, Missouri; Watson W.

Page ix Davis, Greenwood, Missouri; William Crogan, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Lorena Ellicott, Van Tassell, Wyoming; Keith E. Hanna, Lexington, Nebraska; Tom Rawley, North Platte, Nebraska; Niels Miller, Herman, Nebraska; and Lawrence Long, Bowie, Texas. And last, especial thanks are extended to Robert T. Clifton II, Denton, Texas; Leroy and Nancy Lutz, Henrietta, Texas; and Claude and Sarah Clifton, Flagstaff, Arizona, whose enthusiastic support and evaluation of the book in its early stages motivated and encouraged its completion. ROBERT T. CLIFTON

Page xi CONTENTS Foreword vii Introduction 3 Section I. Wire Fencing Barbless Wire 9 Plain 9

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