History of Nevada; . 1 HISTORY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY. 446 ground many weeks at a time. The TTumboldtValley east of the Great J5end is nearly worthless foragriculture, but after the river passes through theWest Humboldt range of mountains and turnstoward the south, the valley becomes wider, grass}-meadows take the place of the sage-brush flats, andfinallj the great meadows are reached. Those whocrossed the plains with teams before the time of therailway, will remember that unbroken, even untrod-den miles of the finest grass, waist-high, covered thesenatural lawns, 50,000 or more animals halting th

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History of Nevada; . 1 HISTORY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY. 446 ground many weeks at a time. The TTumboldtValley east of the Great J5end is nearly worthless foragriculture, but after the river passes through theWest Humboldt range of mountains and turnstoward the south, the valley becomes wider, grass}-meadows take the place of the sage-brush flats, andfinallj the great meadows are reached. Those whocrossed the plains with teams before the time of therailway, will remember that unbroken, even untrod-den miles of the finest grass, waist-high, covered thesenatural lawns, 50,000 or more animals halting therehad only cropped awaj- the outer edge, so extensivewas the range. These meadows will be referred toagain in the sketches of the several towns and set-tlements. PARADISE AND QUIN RIVER VALLEYS. The first of these, which, fortunately, does no dis-credit to the name, is one of the oases sometimesfound in the most barren and desolate countries, likeBroussa, in Syria, or the vale of Cashmere, in is situated o

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