Barbed wire revolutionized livestock fencing. What a great invention…or so it was thought. The real effect was the gradual elimination of the open range and the free grazing and watering of cattle. Cooperation was discouraged and now it would be every man for himself. This didn’t sit well with the “free grazers” and the war started. Learn more in this episode of Wise About Texas.
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