The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-07-22
cHEYEnNE as AN oTTFITTING
POINT

to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose to answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
ind to the various points on h
quite have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ION Of the Union Paciir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about eventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
in a high plateau of land, the eleVa-
ion of which is about 5000 feet above
he sea level. A small stream, called
row Creek, flows down from this
lnge of Hills and through the west
I'm and southwestern part of the
own site. Cheyenne Depot (some-
Times called Camp Carlin) u military
,upply post, where there are a num-
tsr of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has a branch
railroad leading from it to the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, blacksmith shop
ind other shops, where a large num-
her of tradesmen find employment
In the government service. A mile
btill 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.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin storeSA
Henry Housman and f. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
nd carpenter tools are for sale; three
urge wholesale grocery houses-I.
-. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, E Ma
fle-where everything in the grocery,
irovision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
lumber of retail grocery establish
'lents-Leiby q Co., Underwood &
i1cGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
lad. Fruit and Produce, =. H. Wood.
IF bakery and confectionery es-
ablishments there are the follow
ig: III. H. Ellis. Underwood & Nc
uregor, and E. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
'aking and confectionery establish
ient may be procured. Of drug
,ores there are two-Addoms &
Hover and Hurlbut Bros.-and there
Jill 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.
u. FogIesong 4 Co., /. Herman &
io.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
ensive and varied assortment Of all
rticles usually kept in first class dry
pods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" houses--B.
Tellman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
imith-alI of them carry extern
I've stocks, and wholesale as well as
,tail. B. Hellman has in connection
it'll his clothing emporium, a first
3as4. Merchant Tailoring establish
l.ent. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
buses there are three-T. A. Kent,
>. Murrin, Geo. G.. Maston,--at each
{ which there is a good stock to
1rchaSe from. In the furniture and
t)ckery line the large and extensive
Establishment of Converse & Warren
IN furnish all demands on these
aanches of trade. In the boot and
zoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
I'D G.. E. Thompson, can 'outfit"
II who call upon them, with boots
ndshoes. In jewelry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JoslIn & Park
S.iId David Miller. The former has a
aputatIon throughout the United
Hates and Europe for excellence
- WI hlldilSillpY duh IIlC plulO L1ldy
all be proud of it.
The country for miles around
cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sLeep, and covered with herds and
aocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ssg District begins, where good cop
iRr 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 edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gationaI, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, presided
over by N. E. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodious,
comfortable two story brick edifce,
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
q number of small scholars in attend
unexpectedly twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own protection
and to supply the commissary de-
partment, we are often asked whether
these goods can be obtained here.
We refer them to the Wyoming
Armory and Pioneer Gun Store of