The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-02
cHExRHNE As AN OUTFErTINC
POINT

CaExKHNE AS An OUEFETTINC
POINT
Being daily in receipt Of letters
making inquiry n To the distance
from here la the Black Hills, and rs
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to The hills
and to the vurinns points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the june
ton OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
> on a high plateau of hand, the eleva-
ton of which is about 6,uOD feet above
the sea level, Aenall stream. called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsnme-
times called CaInp Carlin) II military
supply past, where there are a num-
Der of warehnI<eS aud store houses
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has II branch
railroad leading frumit Ia the Union
Pacific. At this depot are u govern
ment wagon shop, bl ickS'niih shop
and other shops, where "A large num-
Der of tradeSmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up CrnV Creek is Fort
Russell, Il fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j..
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the own two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HousnIan and +. Schweickcrt
where all muuner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuses-I.
G. Whippie, Pea~e & Taylor, l. Ma
gle-where everything inihe grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are II
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leihy * Co., Underwood x
McGregOr, at all Of which gpud
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, =. IL. Wood.
OF bakery aud confectionery O.
Establishments there ARE the follow
ing: II. III. Ellis, Underwood d Me
GregOr, and l.. w. keplinger,
where everything usually kept / n IA
udhllE allh A'fAlAANNlbNliN tNAAOtiNtl-
ment may he procured. OF drug
stores there are twn-Addoms &
Glover andl Iurlhut BroS.-nnd there
will he no difficulty in procuring ut
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gupdS ps-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers. Geo.
d.. EogleSOng & Co, /. Herman 4
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 cloIhing" hBuseS--B.
Heilman. Marks d Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of theuu carry eXten
sive Stocks, and Wholesale rs well ns
retail. b. llIeliman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there nre Ihree-T. A. Kent.
l.. Murrin, Geo. Ct. MaStOn,--at each
of which there is n good stock to
purchase from Ln~the furniture and
crockery itnr the large aud extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. f. Thompson, can "nutfitn
all who call upon them, with boots
andshorS. In jewtlry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JoslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an the place may
well be proud nf it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is IA rolling prairie, we'll
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
flocks of the Eighteen miles
away to fhe west, the MptcaIf 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-
tant|. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church cdifireS. as fol-
lows Catholic, Father AIcGnldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lizard, resilient clergvmen; Preshy-
terrain, Rev. W. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister ft
present. There is one gond public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. r. Stark, 4s principal.
and Misses Tenuey, MrGephon and
Bryant-aS assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodinus.
comfortable two story brick ediice.
and UaS arpptpu in 1871 at n cost of