The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-19
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from here IU INT Black Hills, and as
10 the facilities Tor Quitting when
here, we propose [, answer AL these
correspondents through the LEADER.
! The distances FROM HeEe to tIEe hiII~
and to the various points Jn the
route have already OUCn published.
Cheyenne - situated at the Juno
| ton oil the UnIuu fdciti" and KANSAS
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles cast OF the Black III!i9 range,
on IA high plateau OF land, jhr e!cVd-
ton OF which - uOudt6 ,UUU Ieei above
the sta level \ small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
ranged OF liIhs and through the west
cru and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsume-
times Called Camp Curiin) IA military
supply PnSt, whPre there are a mum
Der UG warehouses and store houses
for the sale keeping OF inilitaryund
Indian stores, Is TWO miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, ol tcksmith Shop
and other shops, where a large mum
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. A mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, "A fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. j.. 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 cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds.and
fiocks of the same. 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 1900 inhabi-
tautS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifces, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. L.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
g%atiOnal, no resident minister st
present. There is II good public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, resided
Over by n. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Ycnupy, McGeuhOn and
Bryant n assistant teachers. The
school building is IA cOmmodiuus,
comfortable two story brick edifice.
and was erected in 1871. at u cost of
$4,000. There is also n private
school kept 10y a Miss Ellis, whU has
Il number OF small scholars IN attend
ance-prubabiy Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Huusmau and +. Schweiekcrt
where all manner of mining tpu'7
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery huu-es-l.
{. Nhipplc, PeuSe * Taylor, l. Nj
gioy-whrre everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are q
number of retail grJC"ry establish
mrnts-Lriby d Co., Underwood Il
McGrrgOT, at ali of which good
.t0cks Of fresh groceries can b.
hlh. Fru t and PruIuce, =. II. Wood.
Of bakery and cumlrrIIuuery g.
trnlishmrnts there are IhCIu!.uW-
ing: II. II. Ellis, Uudrrwo"i x Nc
Grcgor, and j.. W. NrpIiugcr,
where everything usually kcpi an IL
baking and ronlpClinuCrv rolaOil-n-
nlcut may be ~prUCurrd. az drug
stores there are two-AddOns *
Glover and UurlhUt Bros. AND there
Will be no difficulty in Procuring al
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
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