Devil's rope museum, Mclean TX

Museum of barbed wire. An amazing insight into the variety of barbed wire itself and different kinds of fencing usage; history and evolurtion of barbed wire, equipment for moulding different shaped fences. Another section of the museum has pictures of costruction workers and campers during building of hwy 66.

The museum is housed in a converted brassiere factory and is dedicated to the history of barbed wire, fencing tools, and ranching heritage. Features exhibits and collections from private wire collectors from across the U.S, a reference library with extensive patent information for researchers and educators, a dust bowl exhibit, salesman samples, warfare wire, and a collection of road lore with artifacts dedicated to the Texas portion of Historic Route 66.Read more