Devil S Rope Texas

The devil s rope museum claims to be the largest barbed wire museum in the world.

Devil s rope texas.

Mclean is a bit of a worn relic from the old portal to the coast but this little gem will give you some good history of how barbed wire changed how america farms. Monday thru saturday 9 00 am to 4 00 pm. However those who do have a clear vacation destination in the texas panhandle. On old route 66.

Pull into the texas panhandle town of mclean along old route 66 walk past the two balls of rusty barbed wires each 3 feet in diameter and enter the devil s rope museum. The museum is thought to have the largest collection of published material concerning barbed wire. At the devil s rope museum. David howells corbis.

All tours welcomed free parking available. Devil s rope museum 100 s kingsley st mclean tx 79057. Devil s rope and route 66 museum mclean. 12 reviews 806 779 2225 website.

You just might learn a. The devil s rope museum which commemorates the thorny strand s contributions to the fields of ranching warfare and security. Mixed with the barbed wire is a history of texas and. Get hooked on barbed wire.

Open march to november. It also houses tools used to make and maintain barbed wire fences from fence post making to wire repair. Devil s rope barbed wire museum. Barbed wire has many fans in the texas panhandle.

Great place to see history of the wild west being tamed with barbed wire. The devil s rope museum staff. The prairie provided no trees or rocks to make fences when the settlers arrived. Hours address devil s rope and route 66 museum reviews.

Do you stock band aids and they do. Off i 40 exits 141 142 143. The devils rope barbed wire museum is a museum located in mclean texas united states the museum was officially opened in 1991 and focuses on barbed wire and its history. One of ours was.

Unless they are incarcerated criminals most people probably don t spend a lot of time thinking about barbed wire. Most visitors stop for the route 66 museum trew says in large part because the building is on the mythic mother road that links chicago and los angeles a route celebrated in. It contains exhibits on rare wire planter wire decorative wire war wire and more. A museum of barbed wire that s what the devil s rope museum is can t help but raise questions.

Two museums actually share space inside the building. Order online tickets. 12 reviews of devil s rope museum if you should find yourself on a cross country roadtrip with your beau and have fallen in love with old route 66 this is a must stop.