Large Cattle Drives Ravage Idaho Range and Herds, Railroad Needed [otd 01/22]

On January 22, 1881, the Idaho Statesman described the substantial herds being driven over Idaho rangelands, both from the states to the west and by in-state stockmen. Counts taken on the main trail in Wyoming, and estimates from other routes, suggested that the previous year perhaps a quarter million head had been driven into Wyoming from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Cattle after they reach Wyoming, 1880s.
Wyoming Tales and Trails, online.By far the largest drives originated in eastern Orego...