The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-05
CHEYENNE AS AN =OUTFTTTING
POINT

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to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose { answer all these
correspondents thrOughth LEADER
The distances from fIere tuthe hill~
and to the various points On the
route have already been published.
CHEYENNE is situated at the june
ton OF the Union PHCifir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen.
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleya-
ton of which is about 5000 feel above
the sea level. n small stream, CalleI
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of HIS aud through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot some
times called Camp Carliu) Il military
supply post, where there are a mum
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 brunch
railroad leading from it to the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmiIh shop
and other shops, where a large mum
Der OF tradesmen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Grow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j..
Reynolds. at present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cnttle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcks of the saureI 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 Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church ediiiccs, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father AIcGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. W. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. ". F.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister 1T
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. Il. Stark, as ! principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehOn aud
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is, a cOmmodious,
comfortable two story brick edihce,
and was erected in 1871, at II cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars in attend
apce -probably twenty-fve.
There are in the town two large
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Henry Housman and F.. Schweickert
-wlwre ali manner of mining tools
and carpeiitertoOls are for sale; three
largerwhotesaIe grocery hou.es-I.
c. Whippie, Pease & Taylor, L Ma
gle-where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade a he pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby d Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce. s. ii. Wood.
OF bakery ami confectionery es-
adjustments there are the follow
ing: II. III. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Oregon, and Il. w. keplinger,
where everything usually kept in Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-Addoms &
Glover and HurIbut Bros.-and there
WILDE He-dificuIty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Foglesong q 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 uiade' clothing" houseS--B.
Hellman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. B, Hellman has in %cbnuection
With his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesaleliquor 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
a furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. Is. Thompson, car "outfip'
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne lhOasts 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.
There area number of good hotels
an the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel: s. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals