The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-30
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
CHRYRaNR As AN OUrFITTING
POINT

making inquiry AZ To the distance
from here to 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 Ia the hills
and to the various points m the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne Is situated at the JUNG
tion OF the Union Pacif- and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Blu-k Hills range,
on a high plateau Of land, the eleva-
ton of which is about q ,UhO 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 CarIin) II military
supply past, where there are II nutn-
Der of warehouses aud store houses
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has IA branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are Il govern
ment wagon shop, til tcksmith shop
and other shops, where u large mum
Der of tradeSmen fluid employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up CruW Gre eK is Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. IL.
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stureS-
Henry Housnlan and f.. Schweickprt
where all manner of mining tuuls
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery huu~es-I.
&. Whipple, PeaSe & Taylor, Il Ma
gle-where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby & Co., Underwood &
McGregur, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). H. Wood.
of bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: ii. IL. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and Il. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in II
baking aud confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Adduins &
Glover and Hurlhut Bros. and there
will he 10 difficulty in procuring at
NAitSC BAoNN1 VI aihlhb uNhhiAN Ntlt ~
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods Is
Observation-Disclosures & MEYERS, Geo.
ID. F0glesoug & 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 mude clothing" hnuseS--B.
Hellman, Marks & Meyer, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well mS
retail. b. IIellnIan hHS in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrPe-r. a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q. Maston,--ai each
of which there is n good stock 10
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large aud extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the hnnt and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and &. +. Thompson, rhn outfit"
all who call upon them. with hmni-
and shoes. In jrwtlry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twn-JnSlIh & Park
and David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an | the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, we'll
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
Ing District begins, where gnorl cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has Eve good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuIdrirk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Preshy-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Cnngrp-
gational, no resident minister 1T
present. There il one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over ny N. F.s olark, ~ principal,
and Misses Tenney, MrGeehon aud
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cnmmodinus.
comfortable two story brick ediice.
n vas erected in 1871. at a cost of
$4,000. There il also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
u number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
As all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own protection
ana TO supply the commiSSary de-
partment, we are often asked whether
these goods can ha obtained bora