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The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum is a museum located in McLean, Texas, United States. The museum was officially opened in 1991 and focuses on barbed wire and its history. The museum is thought to have the largest collection of published material concerning barbed wire. [1] [2] The Devil's Rope Museum is housed in a converted brassiere factory and
The town was named for Judge William P. McLean (1836–1925) of the Texas Legislature and Railroad Commission. [6] [7] The town grew rapidly. By 1904, McLean had three general stores, a bank, two wagon yards and livery stables, a lumber yard, and a newspaper, the McLean News. A windmill pumped water from a well drilled in the middle of Main ...
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum: McLean: Gray: History of barbed wire in Texas [12] Freedom Museum Pampa: Gray Military equipment and memorabilia, housed in a building erected in 1939 by the WPA [13] McLean-Alanreed Area Museum McLean Gray Ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment [14] White Deer Land Museum ...
A large crucifix serves as a local landmark. In McLean the McLean Commercial Historic District includes one of the first Phillips Petroleum stations in Texas (1929, now restored). Also in McLean is the Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum, the Avalon Theatre and the Cactus Inn Motel. [9]
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum; F. Fort Croghan; M. Museum of Western Art (Kerrville, Texas) N. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame; ... Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame;
Website of the Devils Rope Museum Archived February 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine in McLean, Texas; The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse, Kansas is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to barbed wire and the history of fencing. "History of the invention of barbed wire". Archived from the original on July 21, 2010
Researchers said it’s possible only a few hundred people have ever seen the Texas Star Mushroom. In 2021, chorioactis geaster became the official state mushroom of Texas. Inks Lake State Park is ...
Houston Museum of Natural Science. This list of museums in Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.