Full Text of HR0635 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 150th anniversary of | 4 | | Joseph F. Glidden filing his patent for barbed wire; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Farmer Joseph Glidden, along with hardware | 6 | | merchant Isaac Ellwood and carpenter Jacob Haish, crafted the | 7 | | idea for a barbed wire fence upon witnessing a fence board with | 8 | | projecting barb points at an agricultural fair in September | 9 | | 1873; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Glidden and his wife, Lucinda, | 11 | | experimented at the Glidden Homestead using a modified coffee | 12 | | mill and a grindstone to create the first practical strand of | 13 | | barbed wire; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, At the age of 61, Joseph Glidden traveled to | 15 | | Chicago to file a patent for his new invention on November 24, | 16 | | 1874; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Glidden and Isaac Ellwood built the | 18 | | world's first barbed wire factory in 1875; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Barbed wire played a significant role in settling | 20 | | the American West, where it became popular due to its |
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| 1 | | durability and affordability; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1895, Joseph Glidden, Isaac Ellwood, and Jacob | 3 | | Haish, along with journalist Clinton Rosette, founded what is | 4 | | now Northern Illinois University with part of the land where | 5 | | the idea for barbed wire originated; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, By the time of Joseph Glidden's death, Isaac | 7 | | Ellwood estimated that their factory had produced enough | 8 | | barbed wire to circle the earth 17 times, earning DeKalb the | 9 | | nickname of "The Barb City" to this day; therefore, be it | 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we recognize the 150th anniversary of Joseph F. Glidden filing | 13 | | his patent for barbed wire; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical | 16 | | Center as an expression of our esteem and respect. |
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