The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-29
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Commencing at the ~sCuthegsteIE
cDrner of Wyoming, on both sides %
The Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
SteanIs are numerous. From Chey-
enne to the north and northwest,
clear to The Montana boundary line
are in~uumcTdbie valleys, the mUst
bt,tutIlul the Cyu ever beheld these
valleys are generally Watered by ono
or more streams OF the puTest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad Rscumds until ut
Sherman il Is at un altitude ufIS342
feet, and even to this summit there
is gOCu grazing, Is. ccialiy for sheep,
the foothills seeming Il very paradise
for them.
Not far west Of sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills IN the Rocky Mountains
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-
panse of country, and his many herds
are visiblesOn every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their hOcks
n herds are increasing. Laramie
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 siOckmen of this
section Here most of the stock
. l. ftVyn al-fI. .V,1 .-.L-I " ..
Imanent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
II going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, near RawIins 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
leys of the Snake River form the
nIo desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the Wahsatch
and Snowy Range Of mountains, at
an altitude of about 5000 feet, and is
Matered by the Snake River, Savior's
7 Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two tOseyen miles wide,
with wafer and wood in abundance.
? kn vel lllIbuBU lIll6 ItRlpu "C
have encamped in magnificent groves
of pine, oak and ash. "
Leaving the Platte, the grazing is
found oSLy in patches up to Green
River, 1888 miles west Of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
railroad, and in u safe country, the
grazing lands reappear and eontinuo
westward thTOagh 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 thrOugk'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, n 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 stOCkraising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
ly investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.