From the February 3, 2010, MidWeek. "Glidden Homestead hires director."
Most people do not know about this historic site on the Lincoln Highway, but it was here that Joseph F. Glidden invented and manufactured "The Winner" barbed wire for which he got a patent on Nov. 24, 1874. This is the fence that "Won the West."
The Board of Directors just hired their first executive director, Marcia Wilson, who has much experience in local area history.
The original house and barn built in the 1860s still stand at 921 West Lincoln Highway.
Marcia Wilson and the Board are already hard at work with a big fundraiser called "Divas Dish Grandma's Secret Recipes" and are conducting ongoing fund drives to help expand the museum campus and to complete renovations on the house and barn.
The Glidden family has offered the Board an option to buy the lot next to the house which includes a building which would make a nice welcome center.
This is the reason Dekalb is often called the Barb City and its high school teams are called the Barbs.
I Once Had a Bad Experience with Some Barb Wire. --Cooter
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