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On November 24, 1874, Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, was granted a patent for fencing material consisting of barbs wrapped around a single strand of wire and held in place by twisting that strand around another. His original double-strand design, the Winner, lived up to its name; it is the most commercially successful of the hundreds of eventual barbed wire designs. Glidden was also the winner in a welter of litigation that reached all the way to the Supreme Court after some dozen other inventors claimed legal priority. Barbed wire was not immediately successful in Texas and elsewhere, especially with smaller cattle ranchers who depended on an 'open range' to sustain their operations. Their opposition led to the barbed wire conflicts of the 1880's, but eventually the ranges were fenced off. Although open range became a thing of the past, barbed wire helped cattlemen to breed herds in protected environments, thus negating the reliance on long-horned cattle that were more suitable to the open range.

TEXAS BARBED WIRE full Score(s) and Annotations and Past Featured Tunes

Played By: Jon Bekoff

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-American, Air (cut time). A Dorian. AEae tunic (fiddle). AB. A briskly-played listening tune from Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Kentucky, fiddler John Salyer (1882-1952). His playing was recorded on home discs by his family in 1941-42 and form a remarkable trove of traditional regional fiddle tune, many sounding quite archaic (as "Vance no more" does).  Salyer's piece is thought to be based on a murder ballad by Abner Vance (1759-1819) called “The Vance Song”, as collected from 85-year-old "Unck" Branch Higgins (who was like Salyer from Salyersville) and printed by the Lomaxes in their book '''Our Singing Country''' (1941, pp. 322-323). The story of the ballad goes:
+On November 24, 1874, Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, was granted a patent for fencing material consisting of barbs wrapped around a single strand of wire and held in place by twisting that strand around another.  His original double-strand design, the Winner, lived up to its name; it is the most commercially successful of the hundreds of eventual barbed wire designs. Glidden was also the winner in a welter of litigation that reached all the way to the Supreme Court after some dozen other inventors claimed legal priority. Barbed wire was not immediately successful in Texas and elsewhere, especially with smaller cattle ranchers who depended on an 'open range' to sustain their operations. Their opposition led to the barbed wire conflicts of the 1880's, but eventually the ranges were fenced off.  Although open range became a thing of the past, barbed wire helped cattlemen to breed herds in protected environments, thus negating the reliance on long-horned cattle that were more suitable to the open range.
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-''Some hundred years ago, Abner Vance, a Baptist preacher, was hanged at Abingdon, Virginia, for the killing''
-''of Lewis Horton, who had abused Vance’s family in his absence. Horton tried to escape, jumped on his horse,''
-''and attempted to swim across a river near Vance’s house. Vance got his gun and shot him while he was fording''
-''the river. After conviction, Vance lay in prison for some time, during which he made a ballad about himself.''
-''From the prison window he looked out and saw them erect the scaffold and make the coffin upon which he stood''
-''on the day of his execution and preached his own funeral sermon. His son-in-law, Frank Browning, was present,''
-''and Vance asked him to turn his back when the trap should fall. A reprieve had been granted the doomed man,''
-''but the men who had him in charge hanged him a few minutes before it arrived.''
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-The words to the ballad, as sung by Higgins and printed by the Lomaxes, go:
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-''Bright shines the sun on Clinch's Hill.''<br>
-''So soft the west wind blows.''<br>
-''The valleys are lined with flowers gay,''<br>
-''Perfumed with the wild rose.''<br>
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-''Green are the woods through which Sandy flows.''<br>
-''Peace dwells in the land.''<br>
-''The bear doth live in the laurel green.''<br>
-''The red buck roves the hills.''<br>
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-Vance was a historical person. Born in Buncombe County, western North Carolina, Vance was said to have been an Indian scout during the American Revolution (no record of military service has been found), he was also a surveyor and a Baptist minister. He moved his family to Russell County, southwestern Virginia, around 1790. It was there, the tale goes, that his daughter Elizabeth eloped with a man named Daniel Horton, who was reputedly a doctor in Baltimore. Some short time later Daniel returned her to the Vance homestead, accompanied by his brother Lewis, whereupon Abner and Horton argued, as the story goes, about whether Horton would marry the girl.  When Horton refused and made to ride off, Vance shot at the brothers hitting Lewis who was mortally wounded. Abner hid out for a couple of years in the Tug valley, but was persuaded to turn himself in when it appeared that local sentiment would absolve him of the crime due to 'understandable' circumstances. He retired to Russell County, was held without bail, and tried; however, the result was a hung jury.  He was retried in Washington County, Va., and was found guilty and sentenced to death. '''The Lynchburg Virginia Press''' of July 27, 1819, printed the following:
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-''On Friday the 16th instant, Abner Vance was executed at Abingdon, in pursuance of his sentence for the murder of Lewis Horton.''
-''He addressed about 4,000 for an hour and a half, with considerable ability; and died with the most perfect composure and heroic''
-''fortitude. He accused some persons of giving false evidence against him; and said that if he obtained a fair trial, and nothing''
-''but the truth had been sworn against him, he thought the penitentiary would have been the proper punishment for his offense.''
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-Many versions of the story exist with added or altered details, but the above is the gist of the legend.
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+[[Annotation:Texas_Barbed_Wire|TEXAS BARBED WIRE full Score(s) and Annotations]] and [[Featured_Tunes_History|Past Featured Tunes]]
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-*Media Source: [https://www.berea.edu/appalachian-center/merchandise/cds-available-purchase/ John Morgan Salyer Home Recordings]
+*Played By: Jon Bekoff
-*Played By: [[Biography:John_Salyer]]
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