, 1897-09-27
FROM THE JUDGES PEN.
AN INTERESTING LETTER DE-
sCRPTIvE OF THE TRIP
TO FREMONT COUNTY.
The Stage Ride-A Gaunt Wolf Crosses
the Pathway-The Beauties Of the
Lander Valley-The High Noun
tains and Silver Streams Of the Big
Horn Range-Mineral Outlook.

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Judge Charles W. Bramel Of the Sec
ond Judicial district has contributed an
article TO the Daily Mining Record OF
Denver, and it is OF such an Interesting
nature that The Republican prints 1t
entire. as follows:
Laramie, Wyo., Sept 22.-From this
point to Rawl;ns is q distance OF 1877
miles and from Rawlins to Lander is
by stage coach or other mode OF con-
veyance. The country between Raw
Inns and Lander. or 10 miles out from
Rawlins. is but q dreary waste OF sand
and sage brush with and then a
spring or we'll o. water, where the stage
stations are built and where a man
might get shelter and something o eat
during a storm. Strunge TO say. that
on my trip over this country recently. |
saw not a hoof OF stock OF any descrip-
ton, except those used by the stage
company. and scarcely a bird or jack
rabbit, only n measly, fy-bitten.
scrawny, almost starved to death coy
ote, and as suggested by a lady travel
er. looked as If it had made its appear
ance for the sole purpose of being shot.
Apparently It looks as though this
vast sea Of sand was performing its nat
,,r,l r,;,,;1n b, Dro,,;r1 or orI On IN
ward the mighty ocean. The utility o.
which can p%erchance only be perceived
by the geologist who studies the marks
and erosions made by the cycle of time
upon the leaves Of the great book Of ma
ture.
From the crossing Of the Sweetwater
river, on this route to Lander. a dis
lance OF 65 miles. the country takes on
a different appearance. streams become
more numerous. timber more plentiful.
country more rolling, in fact. in places
precipitious showing in the distance the
outline Of Sweetwater and Big Horn
ranges Of mountains, herds OF stock are
seen and many evidences of an agri-
| cultural country. Within IL miles OF
Lander we strike a beautiful valley and
from there on into the city find expan-
sive streams. everything green. and a
live and wide-awake community.
On the maps OF Jul country, but a
few years ago. Wyoming was marked
as a desert and those who had pene-
;rated it's vast solitudes described it as
absolutely a sand desert fit only for
the habitation of prairie dogs, coyotes
and rattlesnakes. Here it has lain for
untold ages in a state Of solitary will
derness. and much less, waiting for the
magic touch of civilization to transform
a desert into a garden.
Wyoming, since her development be-
gan. has always attracted men Of in
telligence. in Lander especially, may IL
be said that the settlers have brought
with them the church, school and print
ing press. An aggressive. energetic, So
Der, %law-abiding people nave come and
are coming to the state.
Labor-saving machines move majes-
tically over the fields OF golden grain
and blooded stock feed lazily In pas
lures OF timothy and clover in and
about this most beautiful section Of
Fremont.
Fremont county is yet in the dawn oil
her development, as IN agricultural,
stock-growirg, mining and Oil-produc-
ing country, and the growth Of the next
few years will surpass anything yet
known in any age or any country.
Without going INFO detail with refer
ence to Lander, permit me TO say that
5000 feet in one Of the most lovely val
leys in the Wind river range OF noun
tains, has a population OF about 1900
people. who are engaged in almost ev-
cry branch OF business and trade incl
dent to a growing and thriving com
munity. All the supplies Of the stock
range ranchmen and miners are to be
had there, and at reasonable prices.
The next day after my arrival at this
place, in company with A. NJ. Bunce and
]. Vidal. took a private conveyance for
the mining region. Miners Delight. At
lantic City. South Pass and Lewiston, q
distance Of 80 or 40 miles from Lander
In a southwesterly direction.
In 1870 more than 1000 men were en-
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