The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-31
UN0MISU GHXzING LAyps


Commencing At the s~cutheasterH
corner Of Wyoming. on both sides of
The Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the graziug is excellent and the
-teaHIs are uuIneTuuS. From Chey-
enne to The north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are il3.umeCahle valleys, the most
beautiful ;hg eye ever beheld these
VALLEYS are generally wateTed by one
: or more stream of the purest water.
from OitcN CHEe west, the Union
Pacific Railroad aSccuds until az
Sherman ltsIs.ut uir attitude of S342
icet, and ven to his summit there
l. gDCu grazing, es. Cciaily for sheep,
the i"oi-niii7 seeming Il very paradise
tor tlirm.
Not far west Of Sherman the Lara
mic Iluino commence, II broad. fer
N" valley lying between the Black
IIi'lS uHd the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here We find the finest
grazing country in the world {; a val
ley about uity miles broad and over
Il hundred mites long, watered by
wo rivers. The stock grower has
taken Possession of this immense ex-
ranse Of country, aad his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
| sheep aud cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in sto"k growing
there are pruopering and their focks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the CVutTe Of attraction of ths
Laramie Plains, Il beautiful town,
/ located on the banks of the river
! hearing The same name, is the head
quarters Of the siockmen OF this
SECTION. Here most of the stock
kings reside and expend in per-
nIaurut IN? suVCUreuts the honest but
ample earnings Of their calling. IA
II going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, lear RaWlins and
Fort steele, excellent grazing lands.
iH iGe Vicinity Of the latter place,
along Tie North Platte, the facilities
fer raising cattle, horses and sheep
c;rruot be eEcclled. From forty to
city miles south Of Rawlins the val
leys of the SuOke River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between The Wahsaich
and Snowy Range Of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet, and il.
Hattred by the Snake River, SaviOr's
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to even miles wide,
with aEc and wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region we
have encamped in magnificent groves
of pine, oak and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the grazing -
found only in patches up to Green
River, 333 miles west of Cheyenne,
where ut no great distance from the
railroad, and in a safe country, the
grazing lands rCappear and continue
westward through the Territory 10
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
large, barren districts. The valleys
Of the Green River and its tributa-
rites, Blacks and Hams Forks, form
iue 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
dCring 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 ShOshone In
dams, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that an persons in
tending to engage in stOckraising,
viii visit our Territory and thorough
~ Investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they Determine their location