The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-04
WYOMING CRAVING LANDS.

Commencing 1T The southeastern
corner OF Wyoming, OF both sides %
the UniOH Pacific Railroad, to Ehey-
eune, the grazing is excellent and thG
steanIs are nero From Chey-
eHne tO the north and northwest
clear to the Montana boundary line
are innumerable valleys, the mot
beautiful the eye eNer Dtheld thesJ
valleys are generally wurertd by II
or more streams Of the purest &ater.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascends until ut
Sherman it is at Hu altitude Of S343
feet, and even to thu. summit there
IL gOOu grazing, Is. CcialIy for sheep,
the iuoI-hiils seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not lar west Of Sherman the lara
nIie Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying ttIween the Black
Hills and the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world a val
ley about fifty mites broad and over
II hundred miles long, watered by
wO rivers. The stock grower has
taken pu4sessiOn of this immense ex-
panse of country, aad his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep aud cattle are being counted by
AtAt AiiAil7tAtlAAO VII AlAGSC plhllllS MI
who are engaged in stock growing
there are pruaperimg and their hOcks
and herds are ~iucTeusiug. Laramie
CHy, the centre Of attraction of the
Laramie Plaius, II beautiful town,
located on the banks of the river
hearing the anne namC, is tile head
quarters of the stock men of this
section. Here most Of the stock
kings reside and eXpend in per
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
If going farther west, we fluid next
in Carbon County, near. Rawlins and
Fort Steele, excellent grazing lands.
he the vicinity of the latter place,
along the N0sth Platte, the facilities
for raising cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be cXcelled. From forty o
fifty miles south of Rawlins the val
leys of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the WahSatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude Of about $500 feet, and is
watered by the Snake River, Savior's
F'ork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with water and wood in abundance
In travelling through this region we
have encanIp ped IN magnificent groves
of pine, Oak and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the grazing is
found only in patches up to Green
River, 1913 miles west of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
railroad, and in n safe country, the
grazing lands reappear and continue
westward through the Territory to
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
large, barren districts. 'Fhe valleys
of the Green River and its tributa-
ries, Blacks and Hams Forks. form
fine grazing lands. All through this
region, westward beyond the thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region of Wyoming,
many large and small streams mean
dering through the valleys, increase
the fertility of the soil. In the Wind
River valley, in a n%Ortherly direction
from Green River, a large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShnshOne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in stockraising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
ly investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location