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Wood River. The valleys of these streams furnish arable land which 
is quite fertile, and can be easily irrigated, and all of them except No- 
Wood River are skirted by groves of cotton-wood and willow. 
Some experiments in farming have been made ix the south end of this 
district, which have proved more_ successful than could have been an- 
ticipated from the latitude, surroundings, and knowledge of the regions 
south of it. Wheat, oats, barley, and rye can be raised with ease, but 
the seasons are not quite mildenough forcorn. Potatoes and cabbages 
grow finely and of good size; and even beans grow well, producing fine, 
large pods, indicating a comparatively mild climate. Although the alti- 
tude of this section is unknown, there are some reasons for believing 
that it is less than that of the Sweetwater Valley. It is probable that 
it will. not average more than 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. 
Some good grazing fields are found within its bounds, yet it does not 
appear to equalas a pasturing region the Laramie Plains and Platte 
district. . 
GREEN RIVER DISTRICT. 
This part of Wyoming lies west of the main divide of the great Rocky 
Mountain range, its waters passing through the Colorado of the 
West, to the Pacific Ocean. It is a part of that vast inter-alpine 
valley lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada 
ranges, which reaches north to the plains of the Columbia, and south to 
the broad plateaus of Arizona and Mexico. 
That portion of the area drained by Green River and its tributaries, 
which lies within Wyoming, amounts to fifteen or sixteen thousand 
square miles. Its southeastern part consists principally of broad, bar- 
ren, sage plains, with little water, and is of but little value. The 
southern part is composed chiefly of boulder ridges and plateaus, with 
washed and bluffy escarpments. This portion is partially supplied with 
streams bordered by narrow arabie strips of a very barren appearance, 
but quite productive when irrigated. The southwest corner is broken 
and mountainous, and contains very little land that can be cultivated, 
but affords some fine grazing fields. The northern, triangular portion, 
lying between the Wind River and Wahsatch Mountains, contains the 
greater part of the arable land of the district. It is composed of three 
distinct parts, as follows: The Green River Valley, the Big Sandy Val- 
ley, and the broad, elevated plain lying between them. 
Green River, rising near Fremont’s Peak, runs south about one hun- 
dred and twenty miles to the forty-second parallel, where it turns south- 
east, and is joined by the Big Sandy, where it crosses the one hundred 
and tenth meridian. It continues the same course, after receiving the * 
waters of the Big Sandy, to the crossing of the Union Pacific Railroad, 
where it again turns south and passes out of the Territory. _ Between 
its: source and the forty-second parallel it receives the following tributa- 
ries, which flow down from the Wahsatch Mountains on the west: Lead 
Horse, Marshy, White Clay, Butternut, Pitey, LaBarge, Fontenelle, 
and Slate Creeks. Although the immediate bottoms which flank these 
streams are generally narrow, the upper or second level is easily reached, 
and a large amount may be irrigated from these constant streams. 
Green River, just above the mouth of Big Sandy, even as late as the 
1st of September, where running rapidly, was found to be about 
120 feet wide and 15 inches deep, indicating a discharge of about 
2,500,000 cubic feet per hour. This amount ef water, with a fall of $ 
or 10 feet per mile, and an almost illimitable area of level land each side, 
shows that a large extent of country may be rendered suitable for farm- 
