Gerald Brauer, Executive Director of the Ellwood House in DeKalb, Illinois, and noted historian, will discuss the 19th Century barbed wire industry, centered in Northern Illinois.
Mr. Brauer will also not the history's impact on farming and fencing on the Illinois Prairie.
Select Illinois Humanities Council programs are now available for listening or download at Chicago Public Media (WBEZ) as a part of Chicago Amplified, a web-based audio library of diverse public events recorded throughout the Chicago region.
