The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-06
4. PAX Row, ny.



Commencing IT the southeastern
conner of Wyoming, on both sides of
the Union Pacific Railroad, to Chey-
CnnC, tn" grazing is excellent aud the
NtrHnS are numerous. From ChCy.
vHih" to the north and northwest
clear to the Montana boundary line
arc innumeraHIe valleys, the most
beautiful the eye eve beheld thc4 a
valleys are generally watprpd by one
or more streams of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad ascunds until ut
Sherman ii is at an altitude of SGl2
feet, and eve to this summit there
is good grazing, esi eciully for sheep,
the foothills seeming Il 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 Noun aims
proper. Here we find the finest
grnZimg cunn'ry in the world n val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
Il hundred miles long, watrrrd by
two riNc.-. The stock grower has
taken Pu~SVS-iOn Of this immense ex-
pnn5e of country, aId his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep and cattle are being counted by
lE~ Thousands on these plains; all
who ar" engaged in stock growing
there are pTn7i priHg and their hUcEs
amt herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre Of attraction Of the
Laramie Plains, Il beautiful town,
located on the banks Of the river
hearing the u name, is the head
quarters of the stOckmcn of this
section. Here most Of the stock
kings reside and expeHd in per-
manent improvements the honest but
ample earnings of their calling.
II going farther west, we find next
in Carbon County, near ItawIins 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 CXcClled. From forty to
fifty miles south Of Rawiins the val
Ieys Of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the Wah>atch
and Snowy Range Of mountains, at
an altitude of about 300 feet, and is
Watrrcd by the Snake River, S,viOr's
Fork uurl the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We fnd there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with "H'Cr ami 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
fnUnd only in patches up to Green
River, 1913 miles west of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
raiIrOad, and in Il safe country, the
grazing lands rCaprCar and continue
westward through the Territory to
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
large, barren districts. The valleys
of The Green River and its tributa-
riCS, Blacks and Hams Forks. form
fine grazing lands. All through this
region, westward beyond the Ihriv-
ing town Of Evanston, the great coal
and timber region Of Wyoming.
many large and small streams mean
dcring through the valleys, increase
the fertility Of the soil. In the Wind
River valley, in a nOrtherly direction
from Green River, a large extent of
grazing aud arabic lands has, by a
recent treaty with the Sh0sh0ne 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
ly investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.