Barbed wire is something we all know, and perhaps use on a regular basis. the history behind this 'devil's rope' is an ...

DEKALB, Ill. — With the 150th anniversary of Joseph F. Glidden's "The Winner" barbed wire patent approaching, DeKalb, known as "Barb City," is gearing up to celebrate the prosperity the industrious ...

John Deere and Joseph Glidden — who invented the self-scouring steel plow and barbed wire, respectively — are well known throughout the world as agricultural innovators. John Franz may not be as ...

Gabriel Joseph Glidden, infant son of John and Maria (Nava) Glidden of Vernon, died Friday, (November 1, 2002) at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Besides his parents, Gabriel leaves his brother, James; ...

There is an old adage that says, “Change begins at the ballot box,” which could not be further from the truth. Change begins with human ingenuity, which affects how we live our lives, which — at some ...

Dennis Peter Glidden, of Chicago, IL, made his transition on April 3, 2005. Loving father of Peter Joseph Glidden and Edward (Christine Robbins) Glidden; proud grandfather of Ann, Alexandra and Eli; ...

ETTRICK — Joseph Glidden was 60 years old in 1874 when he thought of an idea that tamed the open ranges of the west. Glidden, a DeKalb, Illinois, businessman, patented the revolutionary bending of two ...