The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-14

WYOMING GnazING LANDS.

Commencing tt the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides OF
the Union Pacific Railroad. to Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
steams are From Chey-
enDe to the north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are ~innumerable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld ; these
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascends until al
Sherman it is at an altitude of 1912
feet, and even TO this summit there
is good grazing, es! ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mie Plains 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
two rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession OF this immense e2-
panse of country, add 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 prospecting and their hocks
and herds are increasing. Laamie
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 expeDd in per-
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings Of their calling.
If 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 raising cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be cxcelled. 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 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 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 tribrta-
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 northerly direction
from Green River, a large extent oil
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.