The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-22
WYOMING GRAZING LANDS.


Commencing at the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides OF
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chew
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
steams are numerous. From Chew
eune to the north and northwest.
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are innumerable VaIIcys,-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 Rscends- until nj
Sherman il is at an altitude of S342
feet, II ven to this summit there
Is good grazing, esi cciHIly for sheep,
the ioOl~hllls seeming a 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. Here VIC 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 ex-
panse of country, ahd his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; Rll
who are engaged III stock growing
there are pTOspering and their hOcks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre Of attraction of the
Lammie 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 NEST Of the stock
4 EiRr1 ro=iIn anI nr.aDI IL -
munent improvements the honest but
ample earnings Of their calling.
II going farther west, we End 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 10
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, 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, 1888 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 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 streams mean
deTing through the valleys, increase
the fertility of the soil. In the Wind
River valley, in Il nOrtherly direction
from Green River, n large extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by n
recent treaty with the ShnshDne In
dians, 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