The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-19

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Commencing at the southeastern
rue of Wyoming, on both sides ~
the Union Pacific Railrnud, to Chey-
enne, the grazing Is excellent and the
steams are numerous. From Chey-
enne to the north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are inuumerable valleys, the most
beautiful the eye ever Deheld these
valleys are generally wutered by one
or more stream of the purest water,
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad asccnds until at
Sherman II Is at an altitude of S34Z
feet, and even to this summit there
- gocu grazing, Psi ecially for sheep,
the foothills seeming a very paradise
for them.
Not far west OF Sherman the Lara
mic Plains commence, u broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Biack
Hills and the Rocky M~oun,ains
proper. Here we fluid the finest
grazing country in the world f; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
II hundred miles long, watered by
wU FLYERS. The stock grower has
taken possession Of this immense ex-
panse of country, ahd his many herds
ARE visible On every hillside. HorSesS
sheep aud cattle are being counted by
the thousands ON these plains; all
WIN are engaged in sto-k growing
there are prnapering and their fockS
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre of attraction of the
Laramie Plains. "A beautiful town,
located on the banks of the river
hearing tlc sa aIe name, is the head
quarters of the stOckmen of this
section. Here most of the stock
kings reside and expend in per-
mHnpnl improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
Ii going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, ear Rawlins and
Fort Steele. excellent grazing lands.
In the vicinity of the latter place,
alorg the North Platte, the facilities
for missing cattle, horses and sheep
cannot be eXcelled. From forty 10
fifty miles south OF Rawlins the val
leys of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country flies between the Wnhsateh
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 wnier and wood in abundance,
In travelling through this region We
have Cncampcd in magnificent groves
of pine, oak and ash.
Leaving the Plntte, the grazing is
found only in patches up to Green
River, 1888 miles west of Cheyenne,
where al no great distance from the
ruilroad, 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 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 a uortherly direction
from Green River, n large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has by a
recent treaty with the Shnshene In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in stock raising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
Iy investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location