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Some Glimpses of Scenery in the New Country in Wyoming and
South Dakota The Upper and Lower Gheyenne
Falls Ganyons in the Big Horn -Mountains.
BEYOND the Nebraska co:n
Holds, beyond the everlast
ing sago brush in South
Dakota, with the reaches of bare
sand, is the great Big Horn coun
try, as beautiful a territory as
there is anywhere in tho west, rich m mitiewii rcjJoert umlalouml
iug in tho most magniticont scenery. Travel north west by tho
Burlington, tho only road that traverses this vast and undeveloped
region, and from Buffalo or Sheridan, you are suddenly transported
from, what at first glance, appears to be an uninteresting stretch of
earth, into the rugged canyons of the foot hills of tho Big Horn
mountains, where the jagged edges of gigantic rock protrude from
the hillside, and virgin timber casts a grateful shade, and the rapid
descent of crystal streams from tho snow clad peaks of tho moun
tains rising in the distance, produces many beautiful falls. Dainty
brook trout sparkle and glisten in the streams, and tho canyons are
alivo with small game, with an occasional glimpse of the bigger
game that is to bo found in plenty, fin ther back in tho hills. Na
ture has not been disturbed as yet in th.s picturesque region of the
"newer northwest,' and tho scenery is superb.inviting the artist and
and the poet to unito in a glorification of tho beauties of a wild and
alluring country. North is the great stretch of the Montana
plains, west the mountains witli the great basin and the lakes, south
the bustle of commercial enterprise, such as is manifested in tho
coming metropolis of Edgemont;and the Black Hills, with the popu
lar Hot Springs, so agreeably remembered by hundreds of Nebras
kans who have found new health in tho healing waters.
Probably nowhere in the country can be found such a variety of
scenery as in this torritory known as the "Newer Northwest.'
Plains and table lands, canyons and great mountains, clear lakes and
dashing streams, wild gorges and beautiful ranches, waste places
and irrigated farms, are in close juxtaposition, and the tourist in this
egion cannot complain of tho
mono'ony of the natural forma
tions. In addition there are coal
mines and gold and tin mines and
canps. Every kind of frontier
life is exemplified here. New towns
are springing up, and the cowLoy
who once reigned supreme in the
wild plains, meets the advancing
train of civilization. In New
castle and Deadwood and Spear
tish are to be seen aspects of
pioneer life that aro today undup
licatcd savo in some of the newer
towns of Colorado. Money in
these places, coming no ono knows
whence, is easy to get, and hard
to keep, and there is the tradi.
tional recklessness of an early set
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