The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-20

ONAAN1 ehAZlNG
Commencing At the sCutheastera
corner Uf Wyoming, on both sides Of
the Union Pacific Railroad, TO Chey~
enne, the gnizing Is excellent and the
steanIs are numerous. From Chey-
eune to the north and northwest
clear to the Montana boundary Ifhe.
are innumeTable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye eve beheld these
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams Uf the purest water,
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascends until at
Sherman 1t Is at an altitude of 5542
feet, and even to this summit there
Is GOOD grazing, esl eciaIIy for sheep,
the ioOt-hills seeming n very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, n broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Mountains
proper. Here We find the finest
grazing country in the world ; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
II hundred miles long, watered by
wO rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense ex-
panse of country, and his many herds
are visible on every hillside. HOrSes,
sheep aud cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; NIL
who are engaged in sto-k growing
there are prUspering and their hOcks
and 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 stockmen of this
section. Here most of the stock
J HfNnE ro-fAn and $3.50 - Wn.
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
If going farther west, we find 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 TO
fifty miles south of Rawlins the val
leys of the Snake River form tho
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the Wahsatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet, and 10
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 tho
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, Blark's and Hams Forks. form
fine grHzing 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 nf the soil. In the Wind
River valley. i'm a nOrtherly direction
from Green River, Il large extent OF
grazing and arabic lands has, by n
recent treaty with the Shnshnne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engnge in stock raising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
ly investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location