The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-28
cnEFEsNE As An oUrFIIrING
POINT!

making inquiry ~ To the uiSlauce
from here IL the Black Hills, and a.
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, We propose [ answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hills
and To the vurinus points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the june
ton at the Union PHcifi.. and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east Of the Black HilS range,
on a high plateau Of land, the e!eva-
tiOn of which is about 5000 feeI above
the sea level. A small strram, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range7of Hills aud through the weSl-
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (-nmr-
times ca led Camp CIrlin) II military
supply post, where there are Il mum
ber Of Warehouses aud Store houses
fprAhe safe Keeping uf military and
lndian stores, Is two miles dis ant,
on Crow Greek, and has Il branch
railroad leading irum il 30 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shup, bl shop
and other shopS, where - large mum
beF of iradeSnpu find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up truN Cr,eK is Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
II ynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed here.
There are in the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and f.. SChweickert
-where all nIHnuer of mining tuuIs
and ctrp"uter tohiS are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery nou-ps-I.
&. WhIpple, Pea~e IL Taylor, T. M
gle where everything in the grurery,
provision AND grain trade ran lie pru-
cur a.. Besides these there are Il
number uf retail grpc,.rv e~Iah i-h-
mruts-Leiby " Co., Underwood II
McGregoT, at all OF which gppd
stocks of fre-h groceries ctu hp
hHui. Fruit aud Produce, S.lI. Waod.
OF bakery and confectionery ~
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. III. Ellis, Under wupl & Me-
Gregur, aud q T. w. Kcplingrr,
where everything usually Kept "a u
baking aud Confectionery establish.
ment may he procured. OF drug.
stores there are two-AaLlnnlS Il
Glnver anl Hurlhut Bros. and there
will he no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept Ut
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gouI- "s.
Observation-Disclosures & Movers. Geo.
ID. FoSleS0ng x Co, /. Herman &
CO.,-eac!i Of whom keeps an OK
tensive and varied assortment i all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three mrgr
ready unuIt" rlpthing" hOuse---B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-allF of them carry tXIpn
sfr6 stocks, and NvItnle>a'e aS well rs
retail. b. liellnlan has III connection
with his clothing emporium, II first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
m"nt. OF wholesale liquor and Ciaar
houses there are tlrree-T. A. kppt,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G MaStnu,- at each
of which there i IA good stock To
pufplla-e from. In the furniture and
crucServ line The large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
citn FURNISH all demands On these
branches of trade. In the boot sud
sitpe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. +. Thompson, Gan ''uuffitr
all who call upon them. with bnnlS
aud shoes. In jpwt Try establishments
Cheyenne boasts tvn@ JnsiIn & Park
and David Miller The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States anil Europe for excellence
of workmanship. an | the place may
well be proud az it.
The country for miles arornI
Cheyenne is Il rolling prairie, we'll
adapted to the raising IF cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds aud
6Ocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Mrtcaif Min
ing District begins, where good rop
per and silver hres are found in
abundance. This district i now
being developed by citizens of Chpv-
eppe, and will, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,9OO inIahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. II has five gnnd,
substantial CHURCH PdiflpS,-aS fol-
lows: jt;afiiolitS Father iMcGnIdrfrk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. F. w. Hill
hard, resilient cfergvmen Prpshv-
teri'fn. Rev. w. b. Rnr'l. rpGiIrnt
ministers; Methodist. Rev. w. F.
"arr"'n. RESIDENT minister; Cnngrr-
gatlnnaI, NJ resident minister st
present. ~ITeresiS one god zpuhlir
schhol, With an average ATTENDANCE
of two hundred scholars, resided
yer by NE. Stark. ~ nrineipal.
an Misses Tenney, MrGephon aud
Bryant a assistant teachers. The
schonl building is a cnnmodinus
comfortable two story brick pdifrp
an was erected in 1871, at a "oS, nf
ST., 000. Tire * also a privat"
school Kept by Miss Ellis, WIN haS
II number nj small scholars in attend
ance-probahly tweuty-ivP.
"A all who intend going to the
-Blaekl Hills need irp-arn1S anil am
intuition, for their %nrntrction
ana +" sIpriy tn cun.niSSirv H."
partmnut, we are otter asknf whether