Growing up, I don't recall steel tee fence posts being used much, then at some point, they were very common. When did they become commonplace? Maybe it is a regional thing?
 
We used them in the fifties also and have used them ever since here in Mid Michigan. I have a pile of them out back. I wasn't around prior to the fifties so don't now when they came into existence.
 
"[b:654c4848f0][i:654c4848f0]When did they become commonplace?[/i:654c4848f0][/b:654c4848f0]"

After we had cut all the usable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera">Bois d'arc</a> (bodark) trees on our farm.
 
Here in Iowa I have taken out some very old fences made with T posts. As a guess I would say steel posts were first used here 80 years ago or more. The real old posts are angle iron though, not T posts.
 

We used the heck out of them in the 50s in central KS. We put electric fence on them and fenced off the wheat ground in the fall so could run cattle on the "wheat pasture" all winter. My Dad and Granddad grew a lot of wheat so we spent a great deal of time putting them in then pulling them in a few months.
 
Around here, if you see a fence with old "U" posts, it's a good place to search for arrowheads. They would fall out of their pockets, when the Indians crossed the fence.
 
I started using then in 1993. Before that time I cut and2 split white oak. On another farm I have had a railroad through it and there are old rusty steel posts much larger and heavier than present day steel posts, So I would say the railroad started using them during the years our county had open range which ended in the early 1930's. The railroad had more money than farmers had.
 
I saw your headline and thought someone was cussing about my posts and I was in trouble---Tee
 

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