The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-05
CHEYESNE A. An OUTLYING
POINT!

to the facilities tor UutfitUng when
here, We propose I answer all these
correspondents through tn" LEADER. /
line distances from here to the hills
and To- tine NtTIuu- points IH the
route have already hCen published.
Cheyenne Is situated at tine juno
ton DI lhp Uuirn Fdc.i" and Kansas I.
Pacific railroads. and about seventeen
miles cast OF liic Black His range, !
"E Il high plateau 81 hand, the C;"va-
lIoH Cl Whirh j. uLout6 1000 icri above
the ia level. 4 small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from This
range of IiiIS and through the west
era and southwestern hart Of The
town site. Cheyenne depot l~ninv-
tiufc- "oilcu Camp CuriiuJ Il military (
supply post, where there are Il num-
Ocr uI W~t!chuI~cs and store HOUSES
fuI The safe keeping OF military and
Indian stores, Is two miles distant,
ON Grow Greek, and has IL branch
railroad ipudiu" from it iu the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl ockSmilh shop
and other shops, where a large NUM-
Ter of tradesmen find employment
in the government service \ mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
Ebl l-fills Np!lllllltltsCu w INll. u. y
Il ynO!dS. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie. well
auaptCd to the raising Of cattle aud
sheep, and covered WITH herds and
ll1cks of the same. Eighteen miles
away To the west, the hetcalT Min
ing District begins, where gnOd cop
per aud silver ores are found IN
a~hGuduucc. THIS district Is now
being developed toy citizens Of Chpy-
curV, and Will, no doubt, prove Of
great vu!ne.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tHat-. This number does not include
transient persons. II has five good,
substantial church cdifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuidrick.
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clcrgymen; Prpsby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Mcthodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident ministers; Congrr-
g~u,inUul, no resident minister 1t
present. There j. one gurd public
,Chunl, with an average attendance
OI two hundred scholars, resided
over 10y n. +. Stark, Is principal,
AMI Misses TcHuCy, MCGeuhOu and
u ; sNats 80 NATNlNAtAllA way ll'iNs L Nv
school building is IA cummOhinus,
comfortable two story brick cdiGce.
m was erected in 1871, at cost Of
Si2. uGO. There is also Il private
school kept 10y n Miss Ellis, who has
humber of small scholars in attend
ance-prubably twenty-five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stories
Henry Nuu-nan and II. SvhweichCrt
where aip manner Of mining topis
and carpenter tools are FOR sale; three
large wholesale grocery huu-"s-I.
{. WhipEle, Pvasa q Taylor, j. Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
pruvisiunund grain trade can be pro-
u q. Besides these lhCrJ are a
number Of retail grocery establish
m"utS-L@ihy d Co., Underwood ~
MCGrrgOr, ;. ii. Wood, atuIl Of which
good stUrkS of fresh groceries ram be
had. OF bnk"rV and confectionery
establishment there are The follow
i"G: II. Il. Ellis, Underwent X Me
Gr~g"r, "Hu l.. w. kcPiimgrr,
I where everything usually kept IA Il
baking and confectionery establish
nirHt may be procured. or drug
stores there are tw"-Add"ms u
Glover Hnh HurIbut BrOS.-nnd there
Will be II" difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods cs-
lablishmentS-Marks " Meyers, Geo.
-. foE'G7"aS % l. Herman q
Co.,-e"ti III WI kctla Hl eHII
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