, 1879-08-23
A Trip Through the Counties Of
Rawtins and Thomas.
Character Of The Country--Timbsr and
Water---Nsw TownG---Rail.
road Facilities.
Tho Question Of 1lainfatl---A Fall Of
"a IL fnthes nl Urinnc1l ib
Four nt,d llnf Months.


wool, about 10 miles due wctt, s!taatcd upnn
Beaver Greek, ncar the centre Vi Rawllns |
County. 1'lc c0itrsc Of a1f these streams Is
from the southwest To the northeast: aud, IN
travelling west. nnty two rou'cs arc practicable:
ctthcr MI tilttr valleys, or keeping upon tlm
summit Of the divides, abtut midway between.
since dlsKn,nf courfe actosa The divide,
which would be direct enc to Us, wnu|d In
yolyc tir rross!nr Of innuucrublc draws, or ra~
vines, making good ton1 !npraetlcab!c.
We took the divide roah for soG,c fifteen
mics, when. finding that no water was ohtaln.
able on 1t I'LL Atwood was reached, NC left It,
aud struck due noEtl. 10
TIE WALLET or TIE rEAvER.
For few miles outside IT Obsslln the coun-
try Is prett1 we'll settled; but, Us VIC 20 west,
the divide bcco1ncs higher and narrowes.-the
ravues, putting up from tho snppa On the
south a1lu the Beaver on the north, nearly
meeting, making 1t rough. broken. and Of little
value except for graz Ing purposes. On rcacs-
t,s Tho Valley Of The Bearer wc found succcs-
sion Of tEnsroycd farms, as TN the Other strcafss,
settlers hu Wing hccn attracted to these valley
iarms on account Of The wood aud water. Good
crops Of gralu have been raised this year. The
Weld II wheat could not bc asccrtane1. sncc
it was all In the stnck Us yet; but the formers
cstIn1ted their crop nt from eighteen to twci-
ty-tre bushels per acrc.
Cort1, ~ III the Saprn Valley, is as nromfs!nE
ns need be tcrn IN any country aud. SONG hnslB
ncartng maturity, wc supplied ourselves with
roasting cura from fields Of the common yCt-
| low dent Oil tilc 1st day OF Alalist.
And bear In mind that this was fl country
aIxsy u,es west Of the one.hundreltt, Meridian
| Of Longitude, bcyoY1l which Ell leFkins--w1'o.
| Of course. kn0ws-says itIe country "must nl-
wars rru.nin 4 desert til the Almighty lakes
down tlc ,uountait,.tups ur.el chur,gra ,c course
~" ~ ~, ..,.',s, y,
" '"t ""un' =. .,, ..a,
hase III previous letters spoken ot HE 1acl
tint, Ill nsw euuntics, the first settlements are
usually made at about The rc,,tcr, with REFER
z". -. f,,,,,-. ,<,,,,,.soot nj. .n,nr Ia trim
'"ss ~ " 'us- ,." .,...,..s.,,n,
III tNtse noethfIh eu"'hEs' w: ""'s e@'oo"""
being the single nc u iarInb nlonC tut Ftrealns
| Western Decatur has as Vet hut few settlers,
ami, as,,r trnm ,h,. wiley. IF t.,r streams,
"' Nv. ,,, .,, s,,,.,a ~ t,.,.I,r. f,,mntv
| Ho"e ~ ''el W. S"e te''''. 0A A1"'''7 ~~~''
| Is rtached. ~hffe We 1ouHu
TitNEg NEW TOWNS LOCATED,
T within fur mr. fire m,lrs Of eac,, other, anJ
| t - ,,rnu, f,,r in, coun,r.aa,, In lin.
w" ~" a'p'a"s ,u ~ !.a,. a..aa ~. ,r,,,,"-
hFst u t''eee~it""'.o i't."' "'et ~ ,.','' ~ w.,
| TOR. nnI t%ehty"si1 MI'ea l'Qf' ooer4h-
wo mado uur caunp fur tho ulcht.
| II ta TAINTED IN t!,e north side Of tic
1,,,r". ~, n,,c ,,cn, NJ sccnrl l,ot,um land. It
.en',' ", "~ ,.t,sa n'n.I.s,,,,,..,,,,
has alreauf ssoFe' po'tolice' o'"'hs''1t.ltsaop'
| l4ltl.atllcc. a,ld olcr improvements. Its pro.
terturs aee Intelligent u puslt,... l,,e II. ul,ii
r,l, ,,,o,,., e c,n,, tlt,ht f,r lin ,,,ntysra,.
E,mr mira NJ, tl,r rrcrl; ;s sl,ua,el ,1c Town
| OF Atwood. bur upon 1''e otp'stc or eoa I'll
sile vi tie rrcch. ntl1 Just he1ow ttsr 1nnrtlo1l
~ the two hruuctlcs, it also has p!rasunl
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.',,,lrr ,I..ntlire. hu,rl. md
s"aate.u,,,',-..nn u,ui will stmu l,uye n news.
n.r ~. n,a,e,nI ;t,r III, o,llcr brlv ,ow O.,
pap,r, .s T. ,'n. .,r,sr reu,,s services. rn
,.,,stan' - t''',n p,nsrirnnt" WIN IL nisn tIm
lt!u'.sn.si .' w.,n;, ~ n,,,tt, nu,1 will ,,lIt
mi n,,hiist In. n,nsr. Inc nruprrtors Of th.:
.wr M, I,,. hu,,,rss.,c are pructlru!, intrlli.
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., % ,i I'm m, Ino, Ia .rinn.v yrry rt.tl,ran
,,r ;'' nrn" ,nn,t,s, Is ry,ur,c ills ,ai
E' i. ~ when i. ntrcav nrrlyln
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,.,.. .,,,,n,,o,t .it',,~ In. st,.oms. AMI. k,lfI
,arl n"r ,r.s, r,,nsitsra,l, Muiirs III II arc
.usaG' Mcss, ,.,s,.s ~ ,,ch ~ .ntl N :Ts
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r anr ny, '.ns s,i,wrs, ncrss In, ,.irtl ,t
"a' wv s 1"a.so 80 w. ,;, ~ H." ,rt,, io,, ~, II,
a.!s s..t r'', It, tt,nt n,int tu t;rtnnstj,
vnie M S use -. 'u H., H., n, III. ,r,.sn, ;nuph
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,..tn ~ ,Shi'.h ,v,ii In. ,rrmnitu ti1,s inl
iii, ,1,r Surlh Eurk ot iIle s,nuz,, aud at,utlt
six mfes south Ut AtwtnN! nc eatsic lsIu. Ill
uutllt rus,slst4Ag VI u dl.ont, rtvrre.l wasn'1
al,,! walls Ut tot!.h1usv mot yet sod1ca, n'd
lrar.lt, litnt su were In
THE royy or HAw,tN3 cESyHE-
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ut't''," ,t.. s ~, IN, tm fnt,,r" may r. ~,
la!'n IT, T.. ,'sn', aa"" ~ ~ o"s w.
l'nsn ~ d." ~ H.. ,,,,, wos mail. u,,,,, N,
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W. ,'.I t,rmi:ins, ami wn Inv I,swIl hut M,t /,
prs ""'' ". s,'.",, t"n, IN ,I,. III, ,.r,,s IN,
In, r,rE ,nyriu,lb IF tt1t,srltitues swarll.cd Il
our tent, III II it was their llrst c'ailee tn tra'
> buM! from whllu ulAt,.-E.yit.. no e'a'1eu 10
s!reu till shty Weru tlIally ntIt Nv dtlok
! | wn1rh wr Wcre run},slel ~ make.
! Settlements had Just penetrated M Thu wi
> ,ry Ia t!la point. HAtrr WA ahu1lnnt. vii
mind butt1raj u.,t!t,,yk thu ltuttuttl6s hut