The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-26
CHEYEHNE AS AN oUTFITTIRG
POINT!

from here Il the Black Hills, and as
TO the facilities for Quitting when
here, We propose t. answer All these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to tire hits
and 10 the various points On the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne Is situated at the juno
ton uI the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen |
miles east of the Black Hills naBge,
OH a high plateau of land, the efeVa-
ton of winch is about 6,OOU leeI above
the SEA level. A small srrcanL called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town sfie.rT Cheyenne Depot OsouBe-
times called Camp CarIinJ a military
supply post, whrre phere are IA mum
ber uI warehouses and store houses
for The sale 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. ATKINS depot are "A govern
ment wagon shop, bltcksmith shop
and other shops, where u large mum
her Of tradssInen find employment
in the government service. A mile
still further up Lrow CrceK is Fort
RuSSeilI Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
r ynOlds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is "a rolling pnniric, vel
auapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds aud
iOcks of the anne. Eighteen miles
away to he west, the Metcalf- Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per aud silver ores are found In
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of. Chey-
enne, and VIII, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inIabi-
tants.- This humber does pot inc. ude
transient ptrsons. IL has five good,
substantial church ediiceS. a. !Ii-
lows: Catholic, Father McGotIrick
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. ". Hi
lard, resident CleTgymen; ts.say-
terrain, Rev. w. Is. Reed, fe-iicnl
minister; Methodist, Rev. ". +.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gatiUnal, no resident minister st
present. There is one good public
school, with AN average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, Presided
over by n. L. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehUn and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is u cOmmodious,
comfortable two story brick edifice,
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
Sl2, 900. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
ii number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
There are in the own two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpentert tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hnuSeS-I.
G. Whipple, Pease * Taylor, f. Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
| provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are IA
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby 4 Co., Underwood x
MCCiregOr, at all Of which good
stocks Of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit End Produce, $. Fl. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood Il Me
Grcgor, and +. w. keplinger,
where everything usually Kept IN a
baking and confectionery establish
an ~ AAf'J ~ IA'Nu = VI AAAhS
stores there are twO-AddOBS d
Glover and Iurlbut BrOs.-and there
will he no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Foglesong & CO.. |. 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 made clothing" hnuseS-B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as Well as
retail. B. Holman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mPnt. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpe-r. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MaStOn,-at each
of which there is a good stock to
| purchase from. In the furniture and
crUckery 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, can "Outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewClry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two JosIIn & Park,
and David Miller. Z The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, and the place may
well be proud OF it. E-.WEH
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
H.
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
! can no obtained of opv titna Tharo