. The Pacific tourist . accompanied with such goodthings as he will need in his trips thereafter inthe new hunting-grounds. The Black Hills of Wyoming, and theMedicine JBow Banffe.—In going west, thefirst range of real mountains the traveler meetsAvith are what are called the Black Hills of About 18 miles north-east from Laramie is IronMountain, on the head of Chugwater Creek. Itis said to be nearly pure, and will some day bedeveloped. There has been talk of a railroadfrom Cheyenne with a branch to this mountain,but nothing has been done yet. In searchingfor a route for the Union Pacific Railr
. The Pacific tourist . accompanied with such goodthings as he will need in his trips thereafter inthe new hunting-grounds. The Black Hills of Wyoming, and theMedicine JBow Banffe.—In going west, thefirst range of real mountains the traveler meetsAvith are what are called the Black Hills of About 18 miles north-east from Laramie is IronMountain, on the head of Chugwater Creek. Itis said to be nearly pure, and will some day bedeveloped. There has been talk of a railroadfrom Cheyenne with a branch to this mountain,but nothing has been done yet. In searchingfor a route for the Union Pacific Railroad, a j^ar-tial survey of the Laramie Canon was made, butit was found to be impracticable for a , however, has grand scenery, and will becomea place of resort, by tourists, as soon as the In-dian question is settled. The Black Hills virtu-ally connect with the Medicine Bow Range atboth extremities, bearing to the left around thecircle of the North Platte, and to the right south TMM ^^^€iFI€ TOWmmW. 89. MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, Of Sherman. The canons of both the Laramieand Platte Rivers are ru,£jged ]»;! f ™n /ppI nndmie Peak has an elevation of 10OOO feet andlies in plain view off to the right from Lookoutto Medicine Bow Stations. j , -i ^, fi,^ Crossing the Black Hills, the road strikes theLaramie Plains, and then the Medicine BowRange rises gradually before yon. At La. amieCity—the road running north—you look \Aestand behold Sheep Mountain in f^O*, whose sum-mit is 12,000 feet above the sea; to the left otthis is Mt. Agassiz, so named in honoi of t edistinsuished scientist who gave his lite to thecausfhe loved so well. To the right of Sheep FROM MEDICINE BOW RIVEB. Jklountain, which is in the Medicine Bow Range,?ou diio;er what seems to be a the mountains. This is where the Ltle /^J .ajmie River heads, and across it, to the light, stiuother peaks of this range lift their snowy headsThe ia!ge is now on your left until you pa^sIroind Us n
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