"Native Americans ultimately came to refer to the fencing as 'the devil's rope.'" - ROMAN MARS, Devil's Rope, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #DevilsRope #IndigenousPeoplesDay #RomanMars

"It began with cowboys cutting down illegal fences that people were putting up around land that they didn't even have a rightful claim on." - KATIE MINGLE, Devil's Rope, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #DevilsRope #NationalDayoftheCowboy #KatieMingle

"By the 1930s, the National Bell Telephone System had penetrated into the remote rural regions of the West and Midwest." - ROMAN MARS, Devil's Rope, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #DevilsRope #NationalTelephoneDay #RomanMars

"He's a professor of business and economic history at the University of Maryland!" - KATIE MINGLE, Devil's Rope, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #DevilsRope #MarylandDay #KatieMingle