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North of Manhattan Kansas, there are miles of them still being used. They are used on

4-wire fences.

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A letter from Spencer, Iowa -

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I have a newspaper picture showing the 'Screw in Fence

Post.' It shows posts about a rod apart with the military crawling under the wire. At the

bottom of the picture the cutline reads 'This Drill Teahes Men How to Crawl Under

Obstacles of Barbed Wire'.

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Another reader wrote -

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At Fort Riley, Kansas, there used to be an old Cavalry post.

This is around thirty-five miles from where I was born and rased. An old Army

sergeant told me what they were used for. When the Cavalry maneuvered or camped

they would screw these posts in the ground and put ropes through the loops ... for a

corral for their horses.

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