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The Glidden House as it looked around 1900. The land that the Glidden House stands on is what remains of Joseph Glidden's once large DeKalb County farm. His holdings stretched along Lincoln Highway, both the north and south sides, from the Kishwaukee River in the east to present-day Annie Glidden Road on the west.
In 1874, Barb Fence Company of DeKalb, Illinois began purchasing wire from Washburn and Moen, to manufacture their patented barbed wire. [2] Washburn was curious as to why they bought so much wire; he travelled to DeKalb and persuaded Joseph Glidden, holder of the patent, to sell his half of the manufacturing business to them. Glidden agreed ...
DeKalb (/ d ɪ ˈ k æ l b / dih-KALB) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States.The population was 40,290 at the 2020 census.The city is named after decorated Franconian-French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died during the American Revolutionary War.
Mid-19th-century home of the inventor of barbed wire Joseph Glidden: Joseph Smith Historic Site: Nauvoo: Hancock: Central: Open air: Operated by the Community of Christ. Tour of several sites including Nauvoo House, Joseph Smith Homestead, Mansion House, Red Brick Store: Jubilee College State Historic Site: Peoria: Peoria: Central: Historic site
In 1936, Washington Dillon's son, P.W. Dillon, installed two electric furnaces and rolling machines in the barbed wire factory in order to make low carbon steel. Two years later the company became known as Northwestern Steel and Wire. The systems and furnaces were successively upgraded in the ensuing years.
Ranchers in the west found barbed wire fencing useful and much needed. As demand rose sharply, the company expanded, reorganized and merged and a successful Ellwood began construction on his Victorian mansion, the Ellwood House. [2] In 1881, Ellwood Manufacturing became Superior Barbed Wire Company under an expansion and reorganization plan.