USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As the use of barbed wire increased, wide open spaces became less wide, less open, and less spacious, and the days of the free roaming cowboy were numbered.

Detailed explanation-2: -The final blow to the open range was the winter of 1886-87. It became known as the Great Die Up. It was an incredibly harsh winter with temperatures dropping to-55 degrees. Deep snow prevented the cattle from reaching the grass and around15% of open range herds died.

Detailed explanation-3: -Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Its primary use is the construction of inexpensive fences, and it is also used as a security measure atop walls surrounding property.

Detailed explanation-4: -The disastrously cold winter of 1886–87 sent the open-range cattle industry into a tailspin from which it never recovered. Investors were ruined as hundreds of thousands of cattle perished in the thick snow and ice. As cattle raising dwindled, homesteaders took over and fenced the lands.