The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-14
CHEYENNE AS AN oUTFITTING
PoINTI

to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose { answer all THESE
CORRESPONDENTS throughthe LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
tion OF the Union Paeifi,, and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen.
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eieva-
ton of which is about 6 1000 feet above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (SOme-
times called Camp Carlin) n military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has a hranch
railroad leading from it To the Union
Pacific. At this depot are "A govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmith shop
and other shops, where Il large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, "a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j,
II aynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is "A rolling prairie, wei
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away To the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found /
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 1900 inhabi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edificeS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident minister; Cougre-
gatiunal, no resident minister At
present. There j. one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. L. Stark, AS principal,
and MISSES Teunpy, McGeehon aud
Bryant ii assistant teachers. The
school building is ii cOmmudinus,
comfortable two story brick edIhce.
and was erected in 1871, It IA cost of
SD 100. There is also a private
school Kept by n Miss Ellis, WHO ha-
II number of small scholars IN attend
Rnce-probably twenty-five.
There ARE in the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and f. Schweic&e rt
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houses-l.
@. WhippIe, Pease & Taylor, l. MAJ
gle -where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
m-nts-Leiby & Co., Underwood &
McGregor, nj all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
ad.@Fruit and Produce, ). IL. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and +. w. Kepliuger,
where everything usually kept IN Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addoms &
Glover and Hurlhut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Gen.
d. FogleSong & Co, l.. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an ex-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
''ready made clothin2t hnuses--B.
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well Ms
retail. b. Hellman has in connection
With his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
L. Murrin, Geo. g. Maston,--at each
of which there is a good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
IAN furnish all demands IN these
branches of trade. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. f. Thompson, ran "outft"
all who call upon them. with hnnts
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts tw~o-JoSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
OF workmanship, an the place may
well be proud of it.
There are number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
%taurants in the pl4ce, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There