The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-23
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Commencing It the southeastern
CUruer %! Wyoming, on both sides Of
the Union Pacific Raiirnud, to Chey-
ciIuc, TIE grazing il excellent and the
>JeaHIs are uuuUTOuS. From CheV-
vnue to the north and northwest,
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are inHumCTahIe valleys, the mort
beautiful the eye ever Deheid; thess
valleys are GENERALLY Wutercd by one
or more streams Of the purest water.
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad uscCuds until at
Sherman il is at AN altitude OF S342
icet, and even to this summit there
is COCO grazing, PsI rcialIy for sheep,
the foothills seeming IL very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lara
ME Plains commence, a broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Noun aims
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world {; a val
ley about fifty miles broad and over
a hundred miles long, watcred by
wO rivers. The stock grower has
taken possession of this immense eX-
punse of country, and his many herds
are visible on every hillside. Horses,
sheep aud cattle are being counted by
The thousands ON these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prospecting and their focks
and herds are Increasing. Laramie
City, the centre IF attraction of tho
Laramie Plains. a beautiful town,
located on the banks of the river
hearing the same name, is the head
quarters Of the stockmcn of this
section. Here mUst of the stock
kings reside and eXpend in per-
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 south of Rawlins the val
irys of the Snake River form the
most desirable grazing grounds. This
country lies between the Wahsatch
and Snowy Range of mountains, at
an altitude of about $500 feet, and is
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 wafer and wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region we
hav" 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 the
railroad, and in a safe country, The
grazing lands Teappear 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 ean
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 of
! grazing and arabic hands has, by a
recent treaty with the ShOshOne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that all persons in
tending to engage in stOCkraisinE,
will visit our Territory and thorough
~ investigate its advantages and dis
advantages, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.