To demonstrate the effectiveness of barbed wire,…
1881 CE
To demonstrate the effectiveness of barbed wire, Joseph Glidden and his sales agent for the State of Texas, Henry B. Sanborn, develop the "Frying Pan Ranch" in Bushland, Potter County, Texas, in 1881.
The wire is brought in by wagon from the railhead at Dodge City, Kansas, and the timbers are cut from Palo Duro Canyon and along the Canadian River Valley.
A herd of twelve thousandhead of cattle is branded with the "Panhandle Brand", which the cowboys call "frying pan".
The ranch proves the success of the wire and changes ranching.
The ranch's headquarters are located at Tecovas Springs, six-miles northwest of Amarillo; the ranch's eastern border becomes Amarillo's Western Street.
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