Joseph Glidden by Sahana Cushman https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy Inventor of modern barbed wire. en-us 2021-12-13 19:44:32 UTC 2024-04-18 00:53:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Section 1 - Joseph Glidden used the resources he had to create an invention that change life on The Great Plains and helped to settle the west. sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1945441985 •There were no trees in the great plains to make fences out of wood.
•Because of the lack of trees, Joseph Glidden used wire to make barbed wire. He wanted to make something that could be easily transported on the railroad.
•Barbed wire is wire twisted together with barbs sticking out of it.
•After people started putting up barbed wire fences it was a lot harder for cowboys because of the lack of open range.]]> 2021-12-13 19:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1945441985 Section 2 - There were pros and cons to Joseph Glidden's invention of barbed wire. Though, today barbed wire is still used all around the world. sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1945865604 •The homesteaders benefited largely from this invention because they could prevent unwanted cowboys and cattle from coming onto their land.
•The cowboys did not benefit from this invention because it ended the open range era and the cattle they herd would often get wounded on the barbed wire.
•Joseph Glidden should be honored because he saw a problem that was happening (Fights between homesteaders and cowboys) and created a smart invention to fix it.
•The barbed wire sped up the settlement of the Great Plains by ending the open range era, eventually putting an end to cowboys, and making cattle owners happy as they eventually saw the benefits of not having open range cattle. ]]> 2021-12-14 01:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1945865604 sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952752113 This picture shows how popular barbed wire was back then. There were over 100 companies that manufactured barbed wire!]]> 2021-12-16 23:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952752113 sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952753395 2021-12-16 23:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952753395 sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952755620 2021-12-16 23:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952755620 sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952758695 It was made to symbolize the tension that had been going on between the farmers and the homesteaders when barbed wire was first patented.]]> 2021-12-16 23:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1952758695 Bibliography sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1953658662 2021-12-17 13:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1953658662 sc44621 https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1954220697 2021-12-17 19:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sc44621/gm20hfc07d6x97gy/wish/1954220697