The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-20

Commencing At the southeastern
corner of Wyoming, on both sides of
the Union Pacific Railroad, TO Chey-
enne, the grHzing Is excellent and the
SteamS are numerous. From Chew
enne to the north and northwest.
clear to the Montana boundary line,
are innumerahIe valleys, the mot
beautiful the eye ever beheld these
valleys are generally watered by one
or more streams of the purest water
From Cheyenne west, the Union
Pacific Railroad asCcnds until at
Sherman ii IS at an altitude OF S;342
feet, and even To this summit there
Is good grazing, O.. CcialIy for sheep,
The foothills seeming Il very paradise
for them.
Not far west of Sherman the Lssa-
mic Plains commence, Il broad. fer
tile valley, lying between the Black
Hills and the Rocky Mountains
proper. Here we find the finest
grazing country in the world ; a vaB-
ley about fifty miles broad and over
n hundred miles long, watcrcd 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 and cattle are bring counted by
the thousands on these plains; all
who are engaged in stock growing
there are prnsppriug and their hock5
and herds are increasing. Laramie
City, the centre of attraction of the
Laramie Plains. Il beautiful town,
located on the banks of the river
bearing the same name, is the head
quarters of the stOCkmPn Of this
section. Here most 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, npa 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 he eXcelled. From forty To
fifty miles south of RawIins the val
leys 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 $500 feet, and is
watcred by the Snake River, Savior's
Fork and the Big Muddy and its
several branches. We find there
valleys from two to seven miles wide,
with water ana wood in abundance.
In travelling through this region we
have encamped in magnificent groves
of pine, Oak and ash.
Leaving the Platte, the grazing Is
found only in patches up to Green
River, 1873 miles west Of Cheyenne,
where at no great distance from the
railroad, and in a safe country, tho
grazing lands reappear and continue
westward through the Territory to
Utah, interrupted occasionally by
large, barren districts. The valleys
of the Green River and its tributa-
ries, Blacks and HAMS Forks, form
fine grazing lands. All through this
region, westward beyond the thriv-
ing town of Evanston, the great coal
and timber Yegion of Wyoming.
many large and small streams mean
dering through the valleys, increase
the fertility Uf She soil. In the Wind
River valley, in IL n0rthcrly direction
from Green River, II large extent Of
grazing and arabic lands has, by II
recent treaty with the Shnshnne In
dians, become available to the white
settler.
We trust that AL persons in
tending to engage in Stockraf$ing,
will visit our Territory and thurnugh-
ly investigate its advantages and dis
a ivantagrs, in person or by agent,
before they determine their location.