Interesting article on how ranchers used barbed wire for phone calls

[Tony Pic]

The sound quality must have stunk using steel as opposed to copper. But it worked!

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/atrocious-but-efficient-how-ranchers-used-barbed-wire-to-make-phone-calls/

[sotx]

Very interesting

[Neck]

Well, I'll be darned.

[Bigfootwolff]

Never would have imagined that would have worked, but after reading the article it makes sense.

[PoppinPiggies]

Never heard of that, very cool

[Pineywoods]

That's pretty interesting.

[Tony Pic]

I want Antlercollector to see this. He is a phone guy.

[flywise]

That’s
Cool

[RifleBowPistol]

Very cool stuff.

[bugleboy]

Who’da thunkit!

[lost cajun]

Cool stuff


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[AntlerCollector]

I want Antlercollector to see this. He is a phone guy.

Good stuff.


My grandfather had a barbed wire phone line many years ago that connected his cabin to his brothers 500 yards away.

[ThisLadyHunts]

This is so cool and I have never heard of this!

An interesting side note: the author of this article, J. Evetts Haley is a well known Texas historian. Those of you who were following a recent thread about Lonesome Dove might be interested to know that Mr. Haley is said to have written the “quintessential “ (although slightly sycophantic, IMO) biography on Charles Goodnight. If you haven’t read it, you might find it an interesting adjunct to the television series.

[Tony Pic]

Bump for a good article.

[kruppa24]

cool bit of history