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This Day in Patent History - On November 24, 1874, a patent was granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire fencing - Patent Yogi LLC
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Museum of Idaho - On #thisdayinhistory -- In 1873 Illinois farmer Joseph Glidden forever changed the face of the American West after he submitted his application for a "clever new fencing design" --
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