The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-01
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wYOmlNG GuAzING LANDx.

Commencing 1T the southeastern
corner Of Wyoming, on both sides of
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
steam5 are numerous. From Chey.
Cune to the north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are innumerable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld theSs
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams Of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad aSCcnds until at
Sherman it is mt an altitude of 1912
feet, and ever to this summit there
is good grazing, esl ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming II very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
ME Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Mountains
proper. Iipre we find the finest
| grazing country in the world; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
Il hundred miles long, watCrCd by
two rivers. Tie stock grower has
taken possession of this immense eX-
panSe of country, and his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
SilGpp ana c;liilS arc b'iTS CbuillSu Dy
The thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are proapCriug and their 1iOcks
and 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. Hero most of the stock.
kings reside and eXpeud in per
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
IrgOing 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 eXcellcd. From forty to
fifty miles south of Rawlins 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 $500 feet, and is
watered by the Snake River, Stvior's
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
VIII NbNtI anu "OOu III uiJuilluilCt-
In travelling through this region we
have encampcd in magnificent groves
of pine, oak and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the gnzing is
found only in patches up 70 Green
River, 1913 miles west of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
railroad, and in a ~safe-country, the
grazing lands rcappeaE and continue
westward through the Territory to
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
large, barren districts. The valleys
of the Green River and lis 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 large and small streams mean
dering through the valleys, increase
the fertility of the soil. II the Wind
River valley, in a northerly direction
from Green River, a large extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShoshOne In
dams, become y valuable 70 the white
settler.
We trust that all kersons in
tending to engage in I~Fockralslng,
will visit our Territory I'd thorough
ly investigate its advault ges and dis
advantages, in pprsoufor by agent, J
before they dctermineEhelr location.