The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-12
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wYoHING Gu1zISG LANDS

Commencing at the southeastern
corner 81 Wyoming. on both sides OF
the UniDn Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the grszing i excellent and the
steams are numerous. From Cbey-
snne to the worth and northwest,
! clear TO the Montana boundary line,
are inHumeFabte valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld /; thess
valleys = generally watered by one
OF more streams Of the P1rest water
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad asSends until AT
Sherman it is at an altitude of S}E2
feet, and even TO this summit there
is good grazing, esi ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mie Plains commence, a broad fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Becky Noun aims
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
a hundred miles long. wateTed by
two rivers. The stock gru1ssr has
taken possession Of this Immense e1-
panse of country, rad his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are bejng e0uDteti by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in sto-k growing
there are prospecting and their hOeks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, tie centre OF attraction Of the
Laramie Plains. n beautiful town,
located ON the banks OF the river
bearing the same name, IS the head
quarters Of the stOck,Hen Of this
section. Here must Of the stock
kings reside and exPend in per
maDent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling
If going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, HeaT 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 slSecp
cannot be cxeeiled. Prom forty TO
fifty miles south of Rawiius the val
leys OF she Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds This
country lies between the WahSaich
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
I several branches We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with water ana wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region we
have eHcamped 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 M 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 thTiv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region OF Wyoming
many large and sIpsil 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 ShnshOne In
dians, become available TO the white
settler.
We trust that all persons IN
tending TO engage in s~tockralslng,
will visit our Territory and thorougf-
" investigate its advantages n dis
advantages, in person or by agent.
before they determine their location.