The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-17
WYOMING GRAZING n

Commencing at the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides of
the Union Pacific Railroad. to Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
steIms are numerous. From Chey-
eHne to n north and north west,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are innumerahle valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheld these
valleys are generally watered by ono
or more streams of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pncitic Railroad ascends until at
Sherman it is at an altitude of S342
feet, and ven to this summit there
Is good grazing, esi eciaIiy for sheep,
the foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Mountains
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world 4; a VAL
ley about fifty miles broad and over
a hundred miles long, vatercd by
two rivers. The stOFk grower has
taken POSSESSION 81 this immense ex-
panse of conRtFyr z4ld his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep aud cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in Stock growing
there are prnapering and their hOcks
sna herbs are increasing. Laramie
/ City, tAe centre Of attraction of the
Laramie Plains, a beautiful town,
located on the banks of the river
bCnying the same name, is the head
QUARTERS of the stOCkmen Of this
section. Here most of the stock
kings reside and eXpend in per-
mnnent improvements the honest bus
ample earnings of their calling.
If going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, a Ravfins and
Fort Steele, excellent grazing lands.
In the vicinity Of the latter place,
along the North Piatte, the facilities
for raising cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be e1celled. From forty to
fifty miles south of Rawlins the val
leys of the Snake River form tho
most desirnble grazing grounds This
country lies between the Wahsatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet, and il
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 anh it's tTibuta-
ries, Blacks and Hams Forks, form
fine grazing lands. An through this
region, westward beyond the thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coai
and timber region of Wyoming
many large and small streams mean
dering through the valleys, increase
the fertility If the soil. In the Wind
River valley, in a n0rtEserIy direction
from Green River, q large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by q
recent treaty with the Shoshnne 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