, 1891-12-01
A FINE RANCH.
Some Interesting Notes From NedI-
cine Bow.

J Special Correspondence.
MEDICINE Bow, Wyo., Nov. 3O.-Af
ter a snowy season of about two weeks
we are now enjoying a season OF sunshine
and the sheepmen are making bay while
il shines, moving their herds about Sc,
Letting good winter ranges.
A few days since Sam Perkins shipped
a nice little bunch OF cattle from thIs
place. Tomorrow the Quealy Bros. will
make quite a large shipment. Every few
days we have a shipment of some kind of
stock from here. If the Union Pacific
company would move the stock yards
away from the coal chutes and build good
substantial pens, this would be one of the
best shipping points on the road. In
this way would be caught many thous-
and head that are going to the
Northwestern road simply because there
are no accommodations here. The CON-
pany has promised for years to change
these pens to n more suitable and conven-
lent place, but as usual this talk all ends
in smoke.
A few days since your correspondent
visited the T. B. ranch, now owned by
the Bowie Bros. | have visited this
wonderful ranch, hunted and camped on
it many times before, but not with the
same object in view that had on my last
visit, which was to give the readers Of
THE LEADER the bee: description that |
could of this beautiful and most wonderful
place. The buildings are situated in the
only (naturaD outlet from that great
basin or amphithcatre that surrounds
this ranch, which has been enclosed by
nature. The basin Is from one to
two and a half miles square, entirely
surrounded, except Short intervals, by
a natural wsiaHS 2 sand stone that
looms up from fifty to 200 feet high. On
the outside is a gradual slope from the
top of the wall for probably a mile down
into the valleys that extend around it.
When you reach the rim Of this wonder
full place and cast your eyes over the
beautiful, grassy plat below you and then
let your eyes follow the wonderful wall
that encircles it and take IN the beautiful
mountain scenery that surrounds it, you
are struck with awe and amazement.
There are only two other difficult outlets
to this great basin besides the one where
the buildings stand; one on the north
and one on the west-two great a n
yOus which, BY following their w~indings
over rocks and chasms and a well beaten
trail made by stock and game, will lead
you to the outer world. This great basin
is well supplied with springs OF excellent
water, and in years gone by was, nc
doubt, a famous retreat for the red man
Old tepees, numbers of Indian graves
buffalo, elk, deer heads and other relic
go to prove this assertion. This ranch,
understand, was first located by the Ira
bling Bros, one of whom is now a resi-
dent of Laramie. Their cattle brand wa.
7. b.. hence the title of T. B. rauch. 1t
was a cheap place 10 fence, only a few
little spaces to fill up with wire, and was
surrounded by an abundance of wood and
pOblS, anu NhN ElaEluH wac
passed. They sold ranch and
stock to Rainsford & Palmer,
who transferred their immense herd
to this vicinity and still kept up
the old brand. When the cattle interests
began to wane, they abandoned the D lace
or allowed anyone to live there who would
care for the buildings which were extra
good for this country. Recently the
ranch and stock that was left we're sold
to the Bowie Bros. AL and John.
On one of the hills surrounding this
place was once the scene OF a terrible
conflict between the Indians and Uncle
| Sans soldiers. Many relics of this
terrible fight are to be found there yet IN
the shape of musket stocks, bayonets and
arrow heads. Tradition says the soldiers
got the worst of it.