This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Barbed Wire History Highlighted by Martelle Collection
A Farm Bureau note covers E D Martelle of the Soil Conservation Service at Pierce Nebraska and his eight panels of barbed wire, dating back to 1867, with wires from Haiti to North Africa. The piece notes Thorny Fence, Glidden patents, and Black Hills examples, plus Martelle’s biographical details and farming-spot connections. A Farm Bureau meeting at Mrs Frank Lenertz’s home is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
D. Martelle
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Smith
DeKalb, HI
Osage
Glidden
Giidden
Martelle
Black Hills National Forest
South Dakota
Black Hills
Soil Conservation Service
Pierce
Neh
Beresford
S. D
Yankton College
Ethel Gordon
Irene
Shelter Belt Project
Nebraska
George B. German
WNAX
Farm Bureau
Frank Lenertz