1970 Kansas Barbed Wire Swap & Sell

Who could forget the good old days at the fairgrounds? Hot afternoons followed by drenching rains. Tractors pulling cars and pickups out of the mud. An 18 inch section of wire selling for $180 - a record price for the time. Splicing, trading, bidding, tailgating, and just plain having a good time. Yes, those were the days.

  

 
1970 Barbed Wire Show

 
Charles Kuralt goes "On the Road" at the museum in downtown LaCrosse. Ivan Krug & Ray Weiser work the "Powder Puff" splicing competition (participant unknown).
Participants fill the fairgrounds on a sunny afternoon. Displays of all kinds fill the Exhibit Building.
Auctioneer Russ Lohrey (left) and Don Stites sell the wire that sets the trend prices. Tailgate sellers were popular.

 

 
 

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