The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-25
CHEYENNE As AN OUTFITTING
POINT!

to the tdcltitles Tor OutnttIng When
here, we propose answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to The hills
and to the, various points IN the
route have already been published
Cheyeuue-iS situated at the juno
ton OF the Unfuu Pacifir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, und about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the elevH-
tiDn of which j. about 6 900 feet above
tile 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 CuTlin) Il military
supply post, where there are Il mum
ber OF Warehouses aud store houses
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is We miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has IA branch
railroad leading from it TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmiih shop
and other shops, whore IA large mum
her of trIdesmen find employment
if the government service. a mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. j. j..
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the. raising OF cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOckS of the anne Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found in
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enneIand will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church ediiices, As fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
g%ational, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, presided
I'VE by n. +. Stark, as principal,
NNAiN AA R1N iOAtAlNN NlNONIllOll anu
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cOmmodious,
Comfortable two story brick ediiice.
AMI was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$1,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
1t number of small scholars in attend
ance- probubly twenty-five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusman and f. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-I.
C-FWhipPle, Pease q Taylor, L Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby IL Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, $. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
adjustments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
GregOr, and Z. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOms &
Glover and Hurlbut 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, Geo.
d. FoglesOng & Co, |. Herman &
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensiye and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" houseS--B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. HelIman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or 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
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. E. Thompson, can ''Outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. In jewClry establishments
Cheyenne boasts t~WO-JOslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, and the place may
well be proud oft.
There are a 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
taurant5 in the place, where meals