The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-20
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WYoaISG GRAzING LANDS

Commencing ct the southeastern
oDrner Il Wy0Euiug- on both sides Of
the Union Pacific Railmad. to Chey-
enne, The grazing i excellent and the
sieams are uunIerDuz- FrOm Chey-
eune to the north and northwest,
clear TO the Montana boundary line,
arg innumerable valleys. the mOet
beaufifuI the rye ever beheld thess
valleys are generally waiered by q
or more streams Of the purest wafer
From Cheyenne west. the Union
Pacific Railroad a-ocnds until At
Sherman il Is at an altitude Of S342
feet, and even TO this summit there
i good graziBg, ess ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming q very paradise
for them
Not hr xet OF Sherman the Lara
mie Plans commence, n broad fer
tile valley. lying between the Black
Hills and the Roxy Mountains
prlS@r. Here we find the finest
grazing Country in the world ; a val
I ley about fny miles broad and over
a hundred miles long. watered by
two rivers The stock grower has
taken poz=e-ioa Of this Immense ex-
Iansr Of country, aod his many herds
are visible on eyrFy hillside HOr-e.
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the thousands on these plains; all
whD are engaged In stock growing
there are prUzpering and their fOcks
and herds are Increasing Laramie
/ City. tire 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 siockmen Of this
section. Here most Of the stock
kings reside and expeud in per
manentimproYements the honest but
ample earnings Of their calling
/ IIeUiDg farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, nea RaWlins and
Fort Steele, excellent grazing lands
In the vicinity OF the latter place,
| aiorg the North Platte, the facilities
for raising cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be cxceIled. From forty TO
fifty miles south OF Rswlins 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 800 feet, and j.
Watered By the Snake River, S4vioris
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with wafer 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, 33 miles west Of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
raiIrcsd, and in a safe country, the
grazing lands TeapPear 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 nOrtheriy direction
from Green River, a large extent oil
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShnshOne In
dians, becOme available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in s~tockaising
will visit COR Territory and thorough
" investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location