The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-05
CHEYENNE As AN OUTFITTING
POINT!

making inquiry as to the distance
from here to the Black Hills, and a.
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose [ answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hills
aud to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at h juno
tion OF the Union Pacific and ans
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eieva-
tion of which is about 6 900 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 %tsuune-
times called Camp Carlin) Il military
supply post, where there are Il mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, aud has II branch
railroad leading from ii 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are II govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmiih shop
and other shops, where a large num-
her of tradesinen find employment
in the government service. A mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are bat
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and Tin sturGS-
Henry HuusnIan aud +. "Schwpickert
where uil muuucr of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-I.
&. Whipple, PeaSe d Taylor, l. Nat
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are n
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby Il Co., Underwood &
McGregur, 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: IL. III. Ellis, Underwood d Nc
Gregor, and l.. w. Kepliuger,
where everything usually kept in II
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addnns Il
Glover and Huclhut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gOO,lS es-
Observation-Disclosures IL Meyers, Geo.
ID. FugleSoug & 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 clothing" hnuses--B.
HOLMAN, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all Of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il 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
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
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-Joslm & 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 of it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
1ocks of the amt Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf 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-
enne, and w~ill,~no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has Eve good,
substantial church edi6ces, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoIdrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. f. Stark, as principal.
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cOmmodious,
comfortable two story brick edifce.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
Sl2 ,0o0. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
number of small scholars in tend
ance-probably twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munltion, for their wi protection
and to supply the commissary de-
partment, we are often asked whether