Episode 1 of 3
The Big Die-Up
- When
- 1886–1887
- Where
- Western United States
Hundreds of thousands of cattle died during the unusually cold and snowy winters of 1885–1886 and 1886–1887, devastating the Western United States cattle industry.
The winter of 1886–87 was extremely harsh for much of continental North America, especially the United States. Although it affected other regions, it is most known for its effects on the Western United States and its cattle industry. Hundreds of thousands of cattle died in the Big Die-Up during these unusually cold and snowy winters.
Sources
- Winter of 1886–87 in the United States Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-06
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.