Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
BROAD ACRES
In the Yellowstone Valley Await.
ing Settlement and Gull
tivation.
Chances for Stockgrowers,W Wool
growers and Small Manu.
features Outlined.
Custer County.

custer Couuty US AZ areS W <''V"U
square miles. None Of the vaiusblr
minerals have been found with n IT.
boundsrie. to any considerable extent,
but 20 there are portions " II that haze
never been ~prospected, minerals OF
value may yet ne discovered. Prob
ably its greatest value will we CON.
si.t In its.nstursl I'd vantayes a. = stock
raising, farming. and manufacturing
country. Its vast upland plains. onoe
the chosen homo of almost counties
numbers Of buffalo. Afford the bet OF
~pa-turags for horses and neat s.ocs.
Its fertile bottom lands. beautifully
wstered by the Yellowstone, Powder,
Tongue. Rosebud, Big Horn and
other rivers, inuutUerable creeks aud
springs with ito i%nxhsustibls soil Of.
ford TIE means OF producing ali the
cereals, grass aud vegetables In guam
Titles greatly 10 rxcrss Of the wants Of
lls possible inhabitants.
lie water powers afforded by lite
many rapid rivers asd streams and Ito
unlimited su ply Of coal cropping out
81 almost every hill side. placed th.rs
by nature In her never failing wisdom
will In time bs U ilizsd for the manu-.
facture aud production Of many OF the
ueo,s,ities Of the civiiized world.
A short general description Of the
eastern portion Of tho county and par.
ticularly that part Of 1t opened 10 i'm.
mediate settlement by the introduc.
lion Of the Northern Pacific railroad
aud by the government surveys. will
probably be Of interest.
The railroad enters Custer county
at Q point between Miles and FailoD,
the latter being the first eastsrly sta
tioo in THE county. There 10 . email
settlement at this place 1t ths mouth
Of o'F.llon creeks tributary Of the
Yellowstone river. Of come seventy
miles In length. Along this creek
and It's feeders are excellent ranges
for horses and cattle. On its borders
there lie considerable timber, consist.
lng principally OF cottonwood. There
are many plats lying along It's sides
that are susceptible Of irrigatition
from the stream without any coslder-
sble expense or ~engiesring skill. The
NEXT station 10 Terry, . promising
town OF considerable importance, II
being . distributing point to the up.
per O'FalIon creek country, and for
the Cherry and Cedar creeks, which
are on the north side Of Yellow
stone and are reached by . ferry.
Considerable ..of the available agri'
cultural land, both government aud
railroad in the vicinity of Terry. has
been taken up and ID now under cult
varion. A few of these claims have
taken advantage Of the springs In The
neigbboring hills for the purpose Of
lTrigsting and while irrigation from
the scant supply OF a spring without
reservoir must he limited and on =
small scale, still IL shows the wonder
lul results that may DO looked for un'
der = more extensive means OF tn,
method Of cultivation. This irriga'
ton 10 used exclusively for garden
truck aud the products Of these gar
dens would entitle them to the prem
iums In many OF the county fairs oI
the states. Potatoes, onions, cabbage,
lurnips aud all vegetables grow to the
most gigantic size, melons (both watel
On 1 mu.k), cucumbeTs and etc., grow
Ia profusion aud of good flavor, Will,
tn strawberries grown in one Of Ihes,
were certainly Ms luscious rs any raised
in The most famous berry gardens o.
the country.
Following up the beautiful plateau
on which Terry lies for a distance o.
about nine miles we reach Powde
river, a most wonderful stream rising
in the central part Of Wyoming, IN
the vicinity Of Fort Fettermsn, an
winding It's course in a northerly d.
rection for a distance of clear thre
hundred miles OF weird and pictures
que scenery until It empties into th
Yellowstone.
Some two miles west of this poir
nature has damned the Yellowston
with a ledge OF rock called Baker
Rapids over which the water flow
with power aud force sufficient
drive a mill or manufacturing estal
lshment Of the largest capacity MI
while during the latter part OF spriD
I aud summer only. the Yellowstone |.
uavigable for several hundred mile
west Of here. q steamer o reach thI
point at all times Of the year when n
: impeded by the ice.
This bridge also forms a naturt
d bridge site and here is u Of the fe
points at which the Yellowstone ca
he .bndged without excessive co.
The approaches 90 either side Of Il
,l,ar k.Ing ~naturaIiy natfart tt,a AL,