The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-09
4 ?afk Row., ny.
wYonivu GRAZING LANDS.

Commencing st the southeastern
corner Of Wyoming, on both sides OF
the Union Pacific Railrnad, to CiIey-
enne, the grazing is excellent and the
steams are numerous. From Chey-
enHe to the north and northwest,
clear TO the Montana boundary line,
are iuuumerable valleys, the most
beautiful the y ever beheld |; these
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams of the purcst water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascends until al
Sherman it is at M attitude of S]42
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 Larn-
mic Plains commence, n broad. FER
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here we End the finest
grazing country in the world; a val
ley about City miles broad and over
a hundred miles long, watcred by
two rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense ex-
panse OF country, ahd his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep ard cattle are being counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are pFospering and their hOcks
and herds are increasing. Laramie
CITY, the centre of attraction of the
Laramie Plains, a beautiful town,
located on the hanks of the river
bearing the same name, is the head
quarters of the stockmen of this
section. Here most of the stock
kings reside and expend in per
I manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
II 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 cXcelled. FROM forty TO
fifty miles sOu4h of Rawlins the val
Ieys of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the WahSa,ch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
! an altitude of about $500 feet, and is
( watered by the Snake River, Saviur's
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with wafer and wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region we
have eucaIsped in magnificent groves
of pine, oik and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the grazing is
found only in patches up To Green
River, 1913 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 and its tributa-
| ries, Blacks and Hain's-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 northerly direction
| from Green River, a large extent oil
grazing and arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShOshone In
dams, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in stockraising,
will visit our Territory and thorough
IL investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location