THE LAW, THE LEGEND, & THE LEGISLATURE

Wild quotes, weird laws, and real Texas political history

The 1884 Texas “Wire-Cutter Law” made it a felony to cut fences or carry wire cutters during the Fence-Cutting Wars that erupted over barbed-wire boundaries across ranch country.?

ANSWER IN NEXT WEEK’S OCTOBER 17RD EDITION!

LAST WEEK'S ANSWER TO:

What creature supposedly survived 31 years sealed in a courthouse cornerstone—and what 1928 Texas t…