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BARBED WIRE MANUFACTURING
1938
1873
THIS HOUSE. BUILT IN 186f, WAS THE
HOME OF JOSEPH E GLIDDEN, WHO IN
1873 INVENTED BARBED WIRE
FENCING, WITH PHINEAS W. VAUGHN
HE PERFECTED A MACHINE TO
MANUFACTURD IT. DEKALB WAS THE
HOME OF ISAAC L. ELLWOOD AND
JACOB HAISH, ALSO MANUFACTURERS
OF BARBED WIRE. HAISH DEVELOPED
THE S-BARB. DEKALB BECAME THE
MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR
BARBED WIRE. SIGNIFICANT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST.
ERECTED BY THE IELINOIS STATE
ISTORICAL SOCIETY
1955
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GLIDDEN CAMPUS FLORIST
917 West Lincoln Highway,
DeKalb, Illinois 67115
Phone 815 – 758-4455
Located on the site of the invention of Barb Wire
in 1873 by Joseph F. Glidden. His descendants,
Carter, Irma, and Jessie Glidden own and op-
erate the shop and Greenhouse.
Pub. by Color-View Inc., Rockford, Ill.
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