The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-18

hCEElSG LANDS
Commencing at the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides IS
the UuiUn Pacific Kailruud, to Chey-
enne, the grazing i excellent and the
steanIs ale numerous. From Chey-
eune to the north and northwest,
clear To the Montana boundary line.
are i"nnuInCruble valleys, the most
beautiful The eye ever heheld these
valleys are generally watered by ons
ur more streams IF the puTest water
rom Cheyenne west, the Union
PACING Railroad usCends until At
Sherman IL i at an altitude IF S342
feet, and eve to this summit there
II goUu grazing, Is cciully for sheep,
the iUOt-hiiis seeming Il very parudiss
for them.
Not Tar west Of Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, "A bread. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world {; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
Il hundred miles long, watered by
wu rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense ex-
pansC of country, add lis many herds
are visible Oh every hillside. Horses,
sheep anG cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; nil
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their fUcks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
city, thp centre Of attraction of tho
Laramie Plains. II beautiful town,
lCcaIed 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
! EfrrEWE rn-1Fl. .- n-vaVI
mauent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
1t going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, e 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 cXcellgd. 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 5000 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 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, 1888 miles west of Cheyenne,
where ut no great distance from the
railroad, and in a safe country, tho
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 thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region of Wyoming,
many large and small treams mea
dering through. the valleys, increase
the fertility of the soil. In the Wind
River valley. in a noFtherly direction
from Green River, q large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShOshOne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in stock raising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
~ investigate its advantages and dis
a ivantAgVS, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.