The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-07
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Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry rs to the distance
, from here to the Black Hills, aud rs
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER
The distances from here To the hills
and to the various points m the
route have already been published.
CHEYENNE is situated at the juno
ton OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east Of the Black Hills range,
on a high uIateau of lnnd, the eleva-
ton of which is about = .UOU feel 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 tSnmp-
times called Camp CarIinJ Il military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der of warehouses aud store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has a branch
railroad leading from il Ia the Uninn
Pacific. At this depot are II govern
ment wagon SHOP, bl ickSinith shop
and other shops, where a large mum
Der of tradcsuen fiud employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek il Fort
Russell, n fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin sturrs-
Henry Housman and f. ~SChwrickert
NurIAEn IL 90 ..FhTl.- s..1.
and carpenter fouls are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery lIuu~CS-I.
&. Whipple, Pcase d Taylor, f. Mi
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can lp pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby & Co., Underwood "
McGregor, Mt all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can he
had. Fruit and Produce, :. III. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: H. III. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and +. w. Kcpliuger,
where everything usually Kept in Ii
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be prGcured. OF drug
stores there ARE twO-AdLoinS "
Glover and Hurlhut Bros. and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept ut
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry guu,iS ts-
Observation-Disclosures g. Meyers, Geo.
ID. FOgleSong & Co, !. lIrruan *
Cn.,-each of whom keeps an eN-
tensive and varied assortment OF nil
articles usually kept in first class ,Iry
goods stores. There are three large
ready mnhe clothing" hnuscS--B.
Hellman. Marks 4 Meyers, Peter
Smith-nll of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. Ileiiman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are threC-T. y. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. Ct. MaStOu,-at each
of which there is Il good stock Ia
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse e Warren
a furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. L. Thompson, can "outtitn
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes, In jewclry Establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-Joslm & Park
and David Miller. The former has n
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI 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
focks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores arc 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 five good,
substantial church editires. as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; PrPSby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed resident
minister Methodist, Rev. w. T.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister 1T
present. There is one gopd public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, , resided
over by N. f. Stark, AS principal.
and Misses Tenhey, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cnthmodinus,
comfortable two story brick editice.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$4,000. There is also q private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
"a number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
As all who inteud going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munltlon, for their own protection
and to supply the commissiry de-