The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-15
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WYOMING LANDS.
Commencing at the southeastern
corner Of Wyoming, or both sides Of
the Union Pacific Raiirnad, TO Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and tho
steams are numerous. From Chew
enne to the north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are innumeTable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld these
valleys are generally Wa!erCd by one
or more streams Of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific railroad usCends until at
ShtrnIHn II Is ut an altitude If S342
leet, and even 10 this summit there
II gO"u grazing, Is. rCiully for sheep,
lhe lnot-hIiis seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not tar west of Sherman the Lara
mie Pains commence, a broad. fer
tile VALLEY, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Mountains
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world (; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
a hundred miles long, watered by
wO rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense ex-
panse of country, and his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their flOcks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre Of attraction of the
Laramie Plains. a 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 eXpeud in per-
manent improvements the honest but
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 missing cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be eNcclled. 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 Wahsatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet. and is
watered by the 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 ana wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region We
have encampcd 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 Il safe country, tho
grazing lands reappear and continue
westward through the Territory to
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
lurge, barren districts. The valleys
Of the Green River Hnd It's tributa-
ries, Blacks and HAMS Forks, form
tiae 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
dcring through the valleys. increase
the fertility of the soil. In the Wind
River valley. in a northerly direction
from Green River, Il large extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
reCPnt treaty with the ShoshOne 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.