The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-16
NY GRAZING LAND1

80 A.
c. MN rncing at the southeastern
corner oi Wyoming, on both sides OF
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chcy-
ennc, the grazing il excellent and the
Sleanis are NUMEROUS. From Chey-
eIne To the north and northwest,
clear To the Montana boundary line,
are inuunIcrable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever behelu these
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams of the puTest water.
ron Cheyenne west, The Union
Pacific Railroad ascendS until At
Sherman ii Is at an altitude Of S342
feet, and even To thi, summit there
Is EoCu grazing, Is: eciully for sheep,
the inOl-hills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, n broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here we find liz finest
grazing country in the world 4; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
Il hundred miles long, watered by
wO rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense eI-
panse of country, ahd his many herds
are visible ON every hillside. Horses.
sheep aid cattle are being counted by
| Allt AilAluSd Nus WI llltSt Dldlnsa MI
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their tiocks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre Of attraction of the
Laramie PlaiUs, 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 eXpend in per-
nIanent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
1t 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
or missing cattle, horses and shecp
CtunOt he cXceIled. From forty to
fifty miles south of Rawlins the val
leys Of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lie, between the WahSatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude uf about 800 feet, and IL
watered by the Snake River. Savior's
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valley from Two to seven miles wide,
with wu:cr and wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region we
have e~nchiuped1 III naSnlncent groves
of pine, oak and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the grazing II
found only in patches up TO Green
River, 1873 miles west of Cheyenne,
where nj no great distance from the
railroad, and i'm 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 thTiv-
ing town of Evanston. the great coal
and timber region of Wyoming,
many lnrge and snail streams mean
dering through the valleys, increase
The fertility of the soil. In b Wind
River valley. IN q nOrtherly direction
from Green River, a large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by =
recent treaty with the ShnshOne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that an persons in
tending to engage in stock raising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
~ investigate it4 advantages and dis
Advantages, in pen-Hn or by agent,
before they determine their location.