The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-12
CHEYENNE As AN UPLIFTING
POINT!

SttEh EHNE Al AN OIsFiGIING
POINT
Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry as to the distance
from here Ia the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for IuuthttIng 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.
Cheyenne is situated AT the jCnc-
ton OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleva-
tion of which is about 5000 feet above
the sea level. a small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (sOur-
times called Camp Cariin) a military
supply post, where there are Il mum
Der OF warehouses and store houses
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, Is iva miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it To the Union
Pacific AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmith shop
and other Shops, where a large mum
Der of tradesmen fiud employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crp'H Creek is Fort
Russell, u fifteen compinY military
garrison, commanded by Glen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hard ware. stove and tin Stores
Henry HOusman and f. Schweickert
where all ann of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houseS-I.
G. WhippIe, Pease d Taylor, L Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these thcra are a
number of retail grocery establish
mruts-Leihy Il CO., Underwood e
McGregor, ut all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce. :. IL. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery eS-
Establishments there ARE the follow
Gregar, and l.. W. Krplingpr,
where everything usually keptin Il
baking and confectionery establish
h'h1 DO pun vi hiuE
stores there are two-Adduns q
Glover and Hurlbut Bros. -and there
Will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
II first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods cs-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Gen.
ID. FnEiesong & Co, |. Herman d
Cn.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensivr and varied assortment Of all
articles Usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clnthing" huusp---B.
Holman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and Wholesale us well us
retail. b. Ilellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrce-T. A. Keut,
l.. Murrin, Geo. Ct. MaSton,-at each
of which there is u good stock To
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockerv 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. f. Thompson, ran ''nutft"
all who call upon them. with buuts
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts t~wo-JOsIIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of Workmanship, AMI the place may
we'll be proud of it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found in
This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
greatvalue.
Cheyenne has about 1000 inhahi-
tantS. This number does noe include |
transient persons. 1t has Ave gond,
church editires, as fol-
Catholic, Father McGoIdrirk,
pastor; EpiScopal. Rev. F. w. Hi |
lard, resilient clergyinen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed. resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister ct
present. There j. one good public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, resided
by N. f. Stark, ~ principal,
and Misses, TennPy, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cemmodious,
comfortable two story brick edificp.
was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$4,000. There il also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
Il number of small scholars in attend