The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-24

wy BSIING GRAZING AND
Commencing a the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides of
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
stGanIs are numerous. From Chew
eLne to the north and northwest
clear To the Montana boundary line,
are inHunicrabLe valleys, the most
beautiful InE CIe ever behelu these
valleys are generally WHIered by one
uf NOR" stream Of the purest water.
FROM Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad asccnds until AT
Shvr'i'"H II Is at All altitude of S342
feet, and ven to this summit there
Il gO"u grazing, cs. eCially for sheep.
The t"ol-hIi!s aeCming Il very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
nile Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world /; a val
ley abou tfty miles broad and over
ii hundred miles long, wateTed by
wu rivers. The stock grower has
tuken POSSESSION OF this immense ex-
panse of country, ahd 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 stock growing
there are pruappriTg and their hOcks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, iae centre Of attraction Of the
Laramie Plains. Il 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 exUend in per
mHnPnt improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
li-guiug 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 he rXCpiied. From forty 10
fifty miles south of Rawlips the val
lUys 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 il
wntered 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 and wood in abundance.
| II aIoN''lIS iiA'hSu NhlS IfSiNu VIC
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 ut no great distance from the
railroad, and in a safe country, the
grazing lands reapprar and continue
westward through the Territory to
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
large, barren districts. The valleys
If The Green River and It's tributa-
ries, Bluck's and Hams Forks, form
fine graziHg lands. All through this
region, westward beyond the thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region nf Wyoming,
many large and small streams mean
dcring through the valleys, increase
the fertility of the soil. In the Wind
River valley. in II northerly direction
from Green River, II large extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShnshDne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in stock raising,
Will visit our Territory and thorough
~ investigate its advantages and dis
II tvantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.