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On This Day In History
1873: Joseph Gliddens applies for a patent on his barbed wire design

Quote Of The Day
"The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, "This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him. This man was the real founder of civil society."
(Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Bonus Quote Of The Day
"The government should by all means adopt for this purpose the Glidden ‘Thick set.’ It makes the best ‘hog fence’ in the world. It might scratch the deviltry out of Geronimo and his gang.” 
(From an article in the 1887 Glidden Barb-Fence Journal )

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