The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-17

"hiIN-i GUIE.NG IA.Gh
~CLHumCL.crIrg II The sr~utlresleIq
cprucF of Wyoming, o. bulh sides of
the Union Facihr Railroad, To Chey-
enne, n grazing il excellent and the
sieaIns ARE uunerous. From Chey-
eBBe to the north aid northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are innuneTable valleys, the mort
beautiful the eye ever UeheId; these
valleys are generally wutered by n
or more streaniz of the purcst water
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad HsCends until At
Sherman II - al Hn altitude Of S342
feet, u even to this summit there
II GOOD grazing, Is cCially for sheep,
the IuOt-hills seeming i very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
nIie Pains CunImehcr, II broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky NOUN aims
proper. Here we find tile finest
grazing country in the world n val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
n hundred miles long, watured by
wO rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense ex-
panSe Of country, und his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
WIN are engaged in sto"k growing
there are prospecting and heir dUcks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre of attraction Of the
Laramie Plains. n beautiful town,
located on the hanks of the river
bearing the same name, is the head
quarters of the stockmen of this
section. Here most of the stock
I L NNaFFz rn-i4An. and WON IN Vaw
nauent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
II going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, rear 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 5000 feet, and il
wutered 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, 1873 miles west of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from tho
railroad, and in n 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
6ne 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 n northerly direction
from Green River, a large extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by n
recent treaty with the ShnshOne IN
Gi0ns, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that al persons in
tending to engage in StOCkraisiDg,
will visit our Territory and thorough
~ investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.