By looking at the accompanying map, it will be seen that the country is well watered.  These streams, unlike those in many portions of the West, are rapid, their waters clear and pure.  The smaller ones meander through all parts of the county, furnishing excellent stock water, and giving a proper proportion of pasture meadow and field.  The larger streams flow through broad valleys of rich bottom lands, and are bordered by fine groves of timber.  They abound in fish, furnish valuable water powers, and delightful scenery.  But the most striking topographical feature of Lyon County is our grand prairie.  Here there is a vastness, a beauty and sublimity that no pen can describe.  From April to October there is one vast sea of green, varied in hue with myriads of wild flowers.  Away as far as the eye can reach, stretches a boundless expanse of rolling prairie, till fading imperceptibly into the distant horizon.  The esthetic beholder is lost in wonder and admiration, and mourns that there is no hand to transform these green slopes and rich valleys into productive farms and happy homes.