Bill Text: IL HR0635 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 150th anniversary of Joseph F. Glidden filing his patent for barbed wire.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0635 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0635-Introduced.html
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Joseph Glidden and Isaac Ellwood built the | ||||||
| 18 | world's first barbed wire factory in 1875; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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