The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-20
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CHEYENNE AS AN OUrFIT~rISG
POINT

CHEYENNE as AN O~UTFIT~rING
POINT
Being daily in receipt OF letters
making inquiry as to the distance
from here to the Black Hills, and as
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 IN n
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juuc-
ton of the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of lland, the eleva-
ton of which is about q 900 feet above
the sea level. ~ small stream, called
Grow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsorne-
times called Camp Carlin) & military
supply posi- where there are "a num-
Der of warehouses and 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 it TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, blacksmith shop
and other shops, where a large mum
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. A mile
still further up Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusman and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-I.
c. Whippie, PeRse d Taylor, + Ma
ELECTROMAGNETIC in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby d CO., Underwood &
McGregor, at all sf which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, s. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: H. IL. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and Il. w. KepIinger,
where everything usually kept in Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-AddomS q
Glover and Rurlhut Br0s.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three largedry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures d Meyers, Geo.
d.. FOglesong & CO., L. Herman q
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment of all
articles usually keptin first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" h~ouses--B.
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry exten-
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retait. 4 b. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. M~aston,-at each
of which, there ia a good stock to.
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
a furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. E. Thompson, a ''outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts tWo-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 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
flocks 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
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
senne, and WILL no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. It has five good,
substantial church edifees,p as fol
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lizards 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 Therel is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, presided
over by N. E. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is commodious,
comfortable two story brick edifce,
ana was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$1,000. There is also a private
scnool kept by a Miss Ellis, who has