Part of Civilization

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Part of Civilization Fences have existed throughout the ages as part of civilization. Used primarily for protection and delineation, then eventually for some as decoration. More than 10,000 years ago, Mesopotamian farmers used hedges and stone walls to protect crops. Similarly, American settlers built fences to protect what they needed to grow. Fences were so important to early settlers, that the Virginia Colony even enacted laws requiring them in the 1600s. As a result, properties had to be enclosed. And owners of cultivated property couldn't seek damages from grazing animal owners, unless there was proof of an adequate fence. In the 1870s, the invention of barbed wire and the Industrial Revolution helped America's expansion in the West and in agriculture. Unfortunately, some of the results of this rapid boom were uncivilized range wars and cut fences between cattle grazers and farmers. Though we don't condone cutting fences, even if it is job security, we do think that fencing, as a part of the history of civilizations, is awesome. Pictured: Tahoe Fence removable redwood & woven wire garden panels before the Winter's snow at a school in South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County.) 2025Part of Civilization

Fences have existed throughout the ages as part of civilization. Used primarily for protection and delineation, then eventually for some as decoration.

More than 10,000 years ago, Mesopotamian farmers used hedges and stone walls to protect crops. Similarly, American settlers built fences to protect what they needed to grow.

Fences were so important to early settlers, that the Virginia Colony even enacted laws requiring them in the 1600s. As a result, properties had to be enclosed. And owners of cultivated property couldn’t seek damages from grazing animal owners, unless there was proof of an adequate fence.

In the 1870s, the invention of barbed wire and the Industrial Revolution helped America’s expansion in the West and in agriculture. Unfortunately, some of the results of this rapid boom were uncivilized range wars and cut fences between cattle grazers and farmers.

Though we don’t condone cutting fences, even if it is job security, we do think that fencing, as a part of the history of civilizations, is awesome.

Pictured: Tahoe Fence removable redwood & woven wire garden panels before the Winter’s snow at a school in South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County.) 2025