The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-04
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Commencing at The southeastern
corner OF Wyoming, on both sides Of
the Union Pacific Raiinad. to Chey-
enne, the gnazing l. excellent and the
sieams sre numerous. From Chey-
enne to the north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are ianumerable valleys, the mot
beautiful the eye ever bcheld ; thess
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams Of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad a-cends until NJ
Sherman il i at IN attitude of S342
6-et, and sven 10 this summit there
Is good grazing, e. ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not FAR west OF Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, n bread. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the ROcsy Mountain
proper. Here we find The fnest
grazing country in the World; n val
! ley abyat City miles broad and over
a hundred miles long, watered by
two rivers. The =ork eT has
taken p015sssjo8 Of Ibis immense ex-
PaBss u country, a1d his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted By
the thousands on these plains; all
Eho arc engaged in stock growing
there are prtzp-ring ami their flocks
and herbs are Increasing. Laramie
City, lac ePntre OF attraction Of the
Laramie Pisins, a beautiful town,
located on the banks OF the river
L.aTing the same name, is the head
Artens OF the stcckuen OF this
section Here most OF the stock
kings reside and expend in per-
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings 81 their calling
Ifgoing farther west, we lind next
in Carbon County, near Rawiins and
Fort Steele. excellent grazing lands
In the vicinity of the latter place,
along the North Platte, the facilities
for raising cattle, horses and sheeP
cannot be exc.lled. From forty 10
fifty miles south Of Rsswlins the val
Ieys of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazng grounds This
country lies between the Wahsaich
and Snowy Range Of mountains, at
an altitude of about 300 feet. and Is
watered blythe Snake River, Savior's
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
| valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with water and wood n abundance.
l In travelling through This region we
have encamped in magnificent groves
Z Of pineSoak and ash
Leaving the Platte, the grazing is
found only in patches up to Green
| River, 333 miles west OF Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
railroad. and in a safe country, the
grazing lands reappear and continue
( westward through the Territory to
/ Utah, interrupted occasionally by
Z large, barren districts. The valleys
of the Green River and its tributa-
/ ries, Blacks and Hams Forks. form
/ fine grazing lands All through this
region, westward beyond the thTiv-
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 northerly 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 stockraisiHg,
will visit our Territory and thorough
iy :aveztigate its advantages nd dis
fdy images. in person or by agent
fefo they determine their location