The Pacific tourist (1879) (14574624209)

Identifier: pacifictourist1879will (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library



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necessities o^ the civilization which follows, callsfor beef and mutton. These plains must becomethe great beef-producing region of the continent.Thev are the Almightys pasture grouinls. and ifthere are not a thousand cattle uyxm a hill, therewill surely be cattle u;K)n a thousand hills.The numerous tributaries to these two riversare from ten to fifteen miles apart, with high roll-ing prairies Itetween—affording abundance ofwater with adjacent pasture, and this pasture isthe home of the richest natural grasses. Before you re.ach the North Platte River, vouwill see conclusive evidence of the adaptabilityof these plains to stock-raising, and from thistime on to where the river is atniin crossed, youwill see numei-ous herds of cattle and flocks ofshee)>. The snows of winter in these elevat^nlregions are dry. and not frequent. Driven byfierce winds, they will fill the liollows and smallraviiies. while the hills are always left bare, sothat cattle and sheep can always obtain access to
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TIXK t\-lClJir TOIRIST. 41 the fpouiul, and the huffalo and biincii gras.seswith wliich it is covered. While luiy must hecut for the sustenance t)l sheep duriii;, tiie fewdays storms may hist, and for tiie liorses andcattii- tliat may he kept up; the vast herds,wliellier of caltle or horses, will j,(j throuijh themost severe winter that has ever been known intliis rey the ravines. The experiment hasbeen repeatedly tried, and the vast lierds thatare now kept in tliis rejrion. attest the succe.ss ofthat experiment. In Lincoln County, of whichthe town of Nortli IMatte is the county-seat,there are probably (iO,()(K) head of cattle alone.Eastern farmers and stock-raisers will see thatthe attmpt to provide hay for this vast numberwould be useless, and if required wouKl renderthe keepinjT of so many in a sin^rle county un-profitai)le. Jhe expense of provi(Jing hay wouldin tlie tirst place lie p^reat. and the expense ofcontininij the c