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<br />OOO:lg <br /> <br />Page U <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!,GRlCUpl.'!JRE 1\,ND 1ITiF.STOOK <br /> <br />The agricuLlture and livestock industries were being started in the RangeJ,y area <br />even before the Indians were :removed. The ear1;r settlers were attracted to the <br />area flVlr a m:unber of rell.sollD~ s~4ch as stableg dependable streams from Which <br />emter for i=iga'tio1n: home and l:llv61ltoc1!l; use dould be obtained at all t:1mes, <br />thousands of sq1.~ lIiil.ell of fiEle grazing lands which lay at altitudes llf' five <br />to e:l.gbt thousand feetg thus affording ideal temperatures thronghout the yearg <br />&MI;h.wsands of acres of prodc'Gtive tillable land along the valleys where <br />~igatio!ll wate,r Cll1Jld be made available. <br /> <br />Beoau$<'J "t~ the p.~iar at'f'ects of tl:Ier'~nd:ing-terram em the air currents' <br />the Imrel:' Whit;rs' Rive)!' val-ley has an e;,,::eptional cl:i!matic conditio1lig the sWlllllers <br />IlIllOt 'I;ill) h<t>t and the ,~iimte:re as lIlllli as Ca!!l be fOlll1ld :iIm a-rr::r similar llttitude~ from <br />October to March thel'e is seldllilll' all\1 w:lJ:ld at all and with the predl!l!lW!.alII.tJ,y <br />s1IllU'l"V _ather snows melt quick1y~ llIlak:l.!'lg livestoc;k grazing possible througlaout <br />the S\!Iaro This cMditioll. has had allll adverse effect Ollll the agricUltural develop.. <br />!1.',e)?),t, f'ror tb" 1'62S,-,<'\;\ tJlf:t; little feed was required for the raising of livestock <br />al\d ~!.?e SEl't.tleX's 1l"''''1lll becaJlIs a rather lllOOJadic people, f<l'lllowing their herds to <br />t"l" wari:'S:ll1l SE!asomU. gl.'a~:LTIg areas alII.d neglectJ,lilg their agricuJ.tural possibili- <br />t:\L~'~tI <br /> <br />~,;hi!; ro;U,Q wi;utnl1' (?o:~ldi':wi",lJjj i.~ 8<il pl:"<!ll:IlOtlll1lc<ed tlJl;lt, the wild gaJIIep particuJ.arJ;y <br />d~")r frm~ -tJ1e h:l.ghe:l"(1"\t"ltry t<il\vll.rd the Continental Divide, where the wimers <br />a'('6 :,,-;\rare'g :Ai.gra'f'" i;",t,i-dLs a:relil, bY' me thou,sands and froll1l distances of over a <br />In~mdJ,';~ !1dJ'""~g 'Lo spend their w:inters 'l9here tm gra$ing9 (lovel: and climatic <br />~c,. :;.1it~1)~,ns a~~ :~tde;a.l. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Tue soD. along these valleys is pr<!lductive, water is or could be made available <br />J.',1\,'the ~om:W.,g se-.asm :l.s l((l:ng enough f'((I)(" the pr<<."lductiollll <<."If practically any <br />!J:~op adaptable t[l t..ltis la~itude~ <br /> <br />Fa)~l:!Jiig, a,1,:l.J:<y:l.in!g.. pw.ltr.f l:"a:l.singg livest@ck feeding" small fruit and vegetable <br />)l'a~1.s.il1\g Il,ld maiW other IIdll.dred industries cou.ld be call:'l\"ied on :iIm this area as <br />e Gon<illlrica1J,;r as an,y place :l.!m me cOUll1try. <br /> <br />1/1/56 <br /> <br />. <br />