Karen Ingram

While mounting our newest exhibit on ranching, both sheep and cattle, at the museum I got to wondering about barbed wire.  When was the first wire made, who made it and why?  These were the questions that first popped into my mind so to the internet I went.  My search led me to the wondrous discovery of a museum dedicated to the subject of barb wire.  Located in Texas the Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum site was full of information and answered all my questions and then some.

Amber Litzenberger

There is nothing like coming to the end of a long hard job and seeing the fruits of your labour in front of you. Whether you are a construction worker and you watch the sweat you poured into a place begin to turn into a house at the end of the day or you are a painter who begins with nothing but a white canvas and after several hours sees a masterpiece forming from the tip of your brush. Likewise, it is sometimes difficult to work hard, and often for a long time, with hardly anything to show for it.