The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-08
WYOMING GRAZING LANDS.

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Commencing At the ~sCutheasteTH
cnrHe of Wyoming, on both sides os
the Union Pacific Railroad, to CheY-
enne, the graZing Is excellent and the
SteanIs are uumeToua. From Chey-
enne 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 wateTed by one
or more streams of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascends until at
Sherman IL Is at an altitude of S34I
feet, and Eve to this summit there
is good grazing, esI ecialIy for Sheep
The foothills seeming very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mic 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 mics broad and over
q hundred miles long, watered by
wo rivers. The Stock grower has
taken POSSESSION of this immense ex-
pansc of country, aId his many herds
tTt visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted by
The thousands on these plains; all
a. are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their flocks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the 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
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manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
II 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 eXcelled. 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 800 feet, and 10
watered by the Snake River, Savior'E
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with wafer ana wood in abundance.
IN lfaNellDR lDTOuSn lnlS 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, 1888 miles west of Cheyenne,
I where mt no great distance from tho
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 tributn-
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 Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty With the ShoshOne In
diaHs, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending To- engage in stOckraising,
will visit Our Territory and thorough
Iy investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.