The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-01
wY0mING GuAzINg

Commencing st the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides Of
The Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
steams are numerous. From Chew
enne to the north and northwest,
clear TO the Montana boundary line,
are inuumerable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever beheId These
valleys are generally watered by one
or q streams of the puTest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascends until al
Sherman it is mt AN altitude of S341
feet, and even 10 this summit there
Is gUOu grazing, Is ecially for sheep,
The foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west Of Sherman the Lara
nic Plains commence; n broad. fer
tie 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
a hundred mikes 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 and cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their ffocks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre of attraction Of the
Laramie Plains, a beautiful town,
located 81 the banks of the river
bearing the same name, is the head
quarters Of the stock men OF this
section. Here most of the stock
kings reside and eXpend in per-
mauent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
IL going farther west, We find next
in Carbon County, near RaWIins and
Fort Steele, excellent griizing lands.
In the vicinity of the latter place,
along the North Platte, the facilities
for raising cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be eXcplsed. From forty to
fifty miles south of RHwlins the val
legs of thu Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grnunds. This
country lies between the Wnhsatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet, and ~
wntered 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 the
railroad, and in a safe country, The
grazing lands rcappear 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 thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region of Wyoming,
many large and small streams mean
drring through the valleys. increase
the fertility Of the soil. In the Wind
River valley. in ii noTtherly dirertian
from Green River, n iarge extent of
grazing and arabic lands has, by n
| recent treaty with the ShnshOne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to Cngngc in stuckraising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
~ investigate its Advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.