AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF WYOMING TERRITORY. 557 
with water, a sufficient quantity might be collected to irrigate a large 
number of acres, thus materially increasing the agricultural resources of 
this part of the Territory. 
Lodge Pole Creek is an isolated stream, rising near Cheyenne Pass, 
in the Black Hills, and flowing, with a moderate eastward descent, 
through a narrow valley, bordered on each side by broad, rounded 
ridges. The amount of bottom-land is quite limited, but is all the 
stream will irrigate, as the supply of water does not appear to be very 
constant. A canal, drawing off the water near the mountains, would 
probably furnish a larger and more uniform volume. : 
Crow Creek rises in the Black Hills, west of Cheyenne, and, running 
east a short distance beyond the city, turns south and passes into Col- 
orado. Although this stream is small, its proximity to the city of Chey- 
enne makes it important, and measures have been inaugurated to pre- 
serve and utilize all the water it can supply. With sufficient water, the 
entire plains around the city could be irrigated, and the land made to 
produce useful crops. There are some reasons for believing that the 
rain-fall is increasing in this vicinity. 
The temperature of this section varies considerably in its different 
parts, corresponding somewhat to the elevation and freedom from the 
prevailing winds. All the agricultural products which can be grown in 
other parts of the Territory can be raised here, such as wheat, oats, 
barley, rye, and hardy vegetables; and it is probable that in the valley 
of the Lower Laramie, and at some points along the Platte, Indian corn 
and hardy fruits may also be raised. 
Fine grazing-fields are to be found throughout this section in the val- 
leys and along the slopes of the mountains, and, even where there are no 
running streams, wells may be dug and water found at moderate depths, 
which can be raised by wind-mills in sufficient quantity to supply stock, 
and possibly to assist in irrigation. Timber can be obtained in abund- 
anee from the Black Hills and along the streams near their base. 
Successful experiments have been made in farming and gardening 
around Cheyenne and at Fort Fetterman, which are, perhaps, the coldest 
portions of the section. 
THE WIND RIVER DISTRICT. 
Very little information has been received in relation to this district, 
yet the following facts are an important addition to our knowledge of 
this region: 
The district is drained by the Wind or Big Horn* River and its tribu- 
taries, and is situated between the Wind River Mountains on the west, 
and the Big Horn Mountains on the east. Its length from Little Po- 
poagie to the Big Horn Caiion is about one hundred and seventy miles, 
with an average width of about one hundred miles. 
Wind: River rises in Wind River Mountains, and, flowing southeast 
for about sixty miles, bends abruptly north, which is its general course 
thence to its exit from the Territory. The valley is estimated to be two 
hundred miles in length, and two to fifteen miles in width; but it is very 
frequently interrupted by irregular ranges of hills and spurs of the mount- 
ains, and at one point a considerable range sweeps across from east to 
west. The following tributaries flow into the rwer from the north and 
west, viz: The North Fork, Owl Creek, Gray Bull, and Stinking Water 
Creeks. On the south and west sides are the following affluents: South 
Fork, Buffalo Bull Creek, Big Popoagie River, Beaver Creek, and No- 
* This stream is called Wind River until it passes through the first range of mount- 
ains, north of which it receives the name of Big Horn River. 
