The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-12
wYomINe GRAZING

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Commencing st the southeastern
cOrner of Wyoming, on both sides Of
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chew
enne, the grizing il excellent and the
steamS are numerous. From Chey-
enue to the north and northwest,
clear TO the Montana boundary line,
are innumerable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld these
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams of the purest water.
FROM Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad asceHds until at
Sherman it is at an altitude of s34Z
Feet, and even to this summit there
II good grazing, esI ecially for sheep
the fOot-hiAls seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mie Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills n the Rocky Mountains
proper. Here we find the fBeyS
grazing country in the world /; a val
| ley about fifty miles bread and over
a hundred miles long, watered by
wo rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense eI-
pause of country, add his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep aud cattle are being counted by
the thousands Oh these plains; ALI
who are engaged in stock growing
! there are prospecting and their hocks
and herbs are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre of attraction of the
Laramie Plains, n beautiful town,
: located on the banks of the river
bearing the same name, is the head
quarters of the stockmen of this
section. Here most OF the stock
kings reside and expend in per-
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ample earnings of their calling
II going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, near Rawlins 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 cXcelled. From forty to
fifty miles south of Rawlins the VAL
leys of the Snake River form the.
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the Wahsatchi
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet, and 10
watered by the Snake River, S~avior's-
Fork and he Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with water II wood in abundance
In travelling through this region We
have encamp ped in magnificent groves.
of pine, oak and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the grazing Is
found only ia patches up TO Green
River, 1888 miles west of Cheyenne.
where at no great distance from tho
railroad, and in a safe country, the
grazing lands reappear and continue
westward through the Territory to-
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
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 thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region of Wyoming
many large and small treaBss mean
dering through the valleys, increase
the fertility Of the soif- In the Wind
River valley. in a northerly direction
from Gneen River, a large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by n
recent treaty with the Shnsh09e In
dians, becOne available to the white
settler.
We trEst that all persons In
tending to engage in st~ockraising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
ly investigate its advantages and dis
advantages in person or by agent,
before they determine theE location