March 1, 2023

Field Trip Feb 2023

Field Trip Feb 2023

We joined a group that does Homeschool Field Trips monthly & toured the Joseph Glidden Homestead & Barbed Wire Museum in DeKalb.

It was a well-preserved house from 1860 & fascinating information about his Barbed wire patent. I had jo idea how many different styles of Barbed wire there are or how many people initially made it!!

We separated into 2 groups, so I didn’t get any pictures of the older kids! Oh well!

Playing with some wooden tops with new friends. Emma on the left with the pink flower dress & Ellie in the middle.
Logan, Lucas, Keira, Ellie & Emmalyn
Barbed wire patent samples
Different people who have patents on barbed wire
180 barbed wire styles he tried!! The green thing in front is a machine that twists the wire together.
He was a philanthropist
All along the wall of the museum is this barbed wire with a timeline of different events
A picture of their brick home built in 1861
A picture of the original Homestead
The blacksmith shop out back
A fun mustache cup! And on the right is an eyeglass cup (see note above)
Murphy bed, chamber pot…lots of neat historical stuff in this room.
The built in cupboards, doll buggy…so fun!
Family clothing, hat boxes…tiny shoes
This was the parlor. Their daughter got married here & they had 200 people in this room!! 😮
Emma loved the silver tea service. Ellie loved playing the piano
A bottle opener in the gift shop (p.c. Lexa)
P.c. Lexa
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