Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-12-05
The Yellowstone, as Seen.
CONCLUSION.
By J. V. BoGERr.

: In bringing this series Of papers to
e close "a series whose weekly installmen1
have often been prepared amid haste an
other duties), the writer desires to stat
that he has been actl,ated by sincere d,
=. sire to give the truth only regarding til
Yellowstone country as by him seen.
lie does not claim it to be an undisturt
ed paradise-it has its drawbacks fan
What region has not p; it lacks the ..tan
gled woods and bosky dells. the spring
beneath the Gins" of more romantic sec
tons, its general characteristics bein.
those familiar to other parts of Montana
but it is country of great natural re
sources. its stock and agricultural capa
bilities being unsurpassed in the Far West
Record of IFS superior climate and of it
production ability $50 far as testedD ha.
been made and enough has been put upor
record to show that We have not in thu
past claimed too much for the region ovel
which Eastern Montana has so long AMI
SO persistently maintained such struggle
| The writer. asserting that he has not
written over-zealously, and that he has
been actuated solely by desire to draw
practical attention to this disputed coun.
try, Cali but be gratitied over the fact that
tins series OF papers has drawn no little
distant attention TO the subject; and should
any increase (as promiseGD OF immigration
result, he feels that he need not fear to
meet the settler upon the ground of which
he has written.
Ii rs matter OF regret to him that he
cannot bear testimony regarding the i'm
mense stretches of country lying beyond
the long ranges of foothills skirting the
entire valley. They are represented. how
ever, as rich in grasses, well-watered.
well-timbered along the streams. and as
offering an immense territory to the stock
man and the farmer.
1T is matter of fact. as well, that the
more fully the country is explored by eth
er civilian or the military that the more the
rich valleys and the enrichins streams dis
cover themselves. until it must appear to
the investigator that the much talked-of
''bad lands are comparatively few and far
between.
Should the Crow Reserve ever be re-
added to the public lands. it Of itself will
offer almost an empire to the settler-and
an empire rich in stock and agricultural
lands and well supplied with coal and 9th
ar minerals. In fact, the capabilities of the
vast region known by the general title of
The ~ ellowstone country" are scarcely
and we venture the prediction I
hat few years must show the most skep- |
zeal that its poor acres are at discount.
The people now scattered through the |
country are acting the valuable role of ex-
'erimenters-tley are planting and raising
o test soil and climate; and the result of
heir labors must show so flvorably that
mother year must witness a rush OF pop
lation, nothing providential intervening.
Mr.. Guy, at the mouth OF the Big Horn.
as this year planted seven varieties OF
orn. that the experiment may be conclus-
re in that direction-the CIarks and the
'rockways and the Meadows and the sun
ry others whose new-madc ranches dot
he bottoms are as well, trying this and
wing that, and their undoubted success ..
ill pave the way for the operations of
lose who are following in their wake. +,
In proof Of what we say, we are able to
note from a letter lately received from !
ieut. McClernand. to whose report we :.
I've before alluded: Mr.. Guy has really
inverted our old camp Of 1876 into :.
ranch. In fact, all along the :
,rth side of the river, from Terry's !.
anding to this point (near Fort kcogh)
rs q nu everywhere ma e ht i ;t
s, melons, and the like, growing finely. Il
regards new Miles City, it is already $ $
lite town and has an air of legitimate IL
Osperity." v
Regarding the much debated Clark's 81
'rk, ne says: 'Much to my surprise, the /.
Hey along the stream grows compare 4
ely poor as approaches the mountains, p
d is at last enclosed partly by bad-lands al
out in the direction of the mouth it is ~
tn beautiful and fertile. Returning to II
ster, | passed through Pryor's Capt a
: "''NA pass AoA wagons anu pOSScSScS
ilcIent beauty to be attractive III
Concluding, he says: I'm fact, the far re
r | penetrate this county, the more | J"
we into its hitherto unknown sections. M
more am convinced that neither you W
l have over-written or reported tit is Oh
we and others have claimed so tar as
capable of Judging pc
md now, to conclude: The Govern pl;
Mt survey is gradually extending its I'M
IS down the Yellowstone and across lie
country-people from East and West ire
North and South are being attracted IA
ard and into this not long since terra oV
,gnita-its capabilities are being severe esS
ested, and should the next five wears ro'
the surely coming railroad and the Sic ITO
OF up-river navigation and the in
Use we predict of population, we of ex'
tern Montana may yet exclaim in the int
b of just pride: 1--WE told YOU so : be
did it. We have presented an empire the
he Union!'' the