The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-19
4 ?sfs Row., H.Y.
WYOMING GnAaING LANDS.

Commencing st the southeastern
corner Of Wyoming, on both sides Of
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the gruzing j. excellent and the
steams aTe numerous From Chey-
enne to tie north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
innumeable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld ; thess
valleys are generally waiered by one
or o streams Of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ~ascentls until at
Sherman it Is nj an altitude of S3i2
feet, and even TO this summit there
is good graziug, esl ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west OF Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Moun'nins
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world ; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
IL hundred miles long, watered by
two rivers. The stock groves has
taken possession OF this immense ex-
panse OF country, and his many herds
are visible on every hillside Horses.
fAAtAB anu NlAAA1 aAt ~ @DAAAAANAA ~
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their hOcks
add herds 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-
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
IL going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, ear Rawlins and
Fort Steele, excellent grazing lands.
the vicinity of the latter place,
aforg the North Platte, the facilities
for raising cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be excelled. From forty TO
fifty miles south of Rawlins the val
Ieys OF the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the Wahsotch
and Sac=y 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 W miles wide,
with water 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 is
found only in patches up to Green
River, 1913 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
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 streams mean
dering through the valleys. increase
the fertility of the soil. In the Wind
River valley. in a northeFly direction
from Green River, a large extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the Shnshone In
dams, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in s~tockraising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
ly investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.