The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-21
CHEYENNE As An OU:VITrING
POINT!

correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to- the hIi-
and to the various lIniniS IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne IS sItuated at the JUNG
ton ot the Union Pacifir. and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
Iuiles east of the Black Hills range,
ON a high plateau Of land, the eIeyd-
tion of which is nbout 5000 feel above
the sea level. Asmull 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 (~One-
times called Camp CarlinJ a 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 Il branch
railroad leading from il 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tck~uilh shop
and other shops, where a large NUM-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek IS Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is II rolling prairie, wen
adapted tn the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
t0cks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begius, where good cop
per and silver ores are found in
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chcy-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove Of
great Le.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tauts. This Number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church CdiiiceS, a fol-
lows: catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. HE
lard, resident c~lergymeu; Presby-
terrain Bev. W. y, Reed, resident
minister Methodist, Rev. w. f..
Warren, resident minister; COugre-
gat.onaI, no resident minister IT
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
ct two huudreI scholars, resided
over by y. r. Stark, a. principal,
and Misses Teuury, McGcvhOu and
Bryant rs assistant teachers. The
school building is u cOmmUdious,
comfortable two story brick UditiCc.
AMI was erected in 1871, ut a cost Of
81, 900. There j. also Il private
schonl- kept by Il Miss Ellis, who has
1t nuInber of small scholars in attend
ance -probably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusnlan and f.. S~chweickcrt
where all n of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large Wholesale grocery hOu>es-I.
g. WhippIe, Pease & Taylor, Il Ma
gle where everythilgin the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are Il
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby 4 Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
adjustments there aEe the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and T.. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually Kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are tWO-AddOmS d
Glover and Hurlbut BrOs.-nnd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
= first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
D. FoglesOng & Co., |. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment OF all
articles usually kept i'll first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready Inade clothing" houseS-B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. 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. q. 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
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. E. Thompson, a "outft"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In iewclry 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.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res.
taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wsgor