The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-06
CHEYENNE AS AN QUITTING
POINT!

making uQuiT HS To lne distance
from here L. the Black Hills, aud as
10 the facilities for uIifltsng when
here, we propose I au>Wrr all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here Ia the hints
and To the various pOiair ~ The
route have already been published.
Cheyenne il situated at tile juno
tiun OF the Uniuu PIcifi' aud Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Blurk Hills range,
on II high plateau Of land, the eieviI-
tion of which Is nbuui 6 ,GuJ ieeI above
the sea level. y small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range OF Hills Hud through the WEST
ern and southwestern Itrt OF the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tSpnr-
times called Camp Cariinl u military
supply pnst, where There are Il nam
Der of warehOrI~uS and store houses
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, is " miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has IL branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Uuinn
Pacific. At this depot are IL govern.
ment wagon shop, I'll tcksiniih shop
and other shops, where a large mum
her of trudeSuIen tiud CmpluYnIUu,
in the government service. y mile
EAAAA up 1AhfN SANNN - 4 ~
Russell, Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town twu large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusmau and +. Schwrickrrt
where ali manner Of mining tools
and carpenter touls are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery huuses-I.
&. Whipple, PcaSe & Taylor, Z Na-
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grIiu trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby * Co., Underwood &
McGregnr, ut all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce. >. IL. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery ps-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: ii. IL. Ellis, underworld & Me-
Gregpr, and Il. W.. Kepiinger,
where everything usually kept II "A
baking and Confectionery establish
ment may he procured. or drug
stores there are twh-Adhnms e
Glover and Hurlhut Bros.-und there
will he no difficulty in procuring ~
these places anything usually kept at
II first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods cs-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Fugiesong & Co, l.. Herman d
CO.,-each at whom keeps an cX-
tensive and varied assortment ui all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clutlIingn huuseS--B.
HelImaIi. Marks & Meyer, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive, stocks, and wholesale ns well ais
retail. b. Holman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or wholesale liquor and ci5ar
houses there are athrec-T. y. Kent,
l.. Murrim, Geo. G.. Maston,- al each
of which there is Il good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crOckery line the large aud extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
II furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. L. Thompson, ran "outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jPwclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-Joslln & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI the place may
well be proud o. it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is Il rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
fiocks of the anne Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chpy-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value. -. .f...-- ...
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This plumber does not include
transient persons. II has Eve good,
substantial church edifires. as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnldrirk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. +. w. Hi
lard, resident cIergymen; 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. E. Stark, as principal,
and Misses TennPy, McGeehon and
otydll 40 tNHEStdIl' teachers. ne
school building is a cnmmodinus,
comfortable two story brick edifce.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$12, 600. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
u number of small scholars in attend
ance-probahly twenty-five.
As all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own protection
and to supply the commissary de-
partment, we are often asked whether
these goods car be obtained here