The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-09
COMMEECIAL JOB PRINTING
CHEYESNE As AN UPLIFTING
POINTt

NAAA E7NE AS AZ
POINT
Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry rs to the distance
from here tu the Black Hills, aud It's
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose t answer ali there
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juue-
ton oLthe Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau Of land, the eieVu-
ton of which is about 6 ,n00 feet above
the sea level. y small stream, callel
Crow Creek, flows down from ibis
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tSnmp-
times called Camp Cdrlin) a military
supply pnSt, where there are u mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
OH Grow Creek, aud has "A branch
railroad leading from il to the Uuipn
Pacific. AT this depot are Il govern
ment wagon shop, hi tckStuilh-shnp
and other shops, where IA large num-
Der of tradpSuen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up CruV Cr,e K j. Fort
Russell, Il fifteen cumphny military
Earrisnu, commanded by GEN }. j.
r ynoids. AT present there are but
nine companies Stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hard ware. stove and tin stores
Henry HousnIan and +. Schweickert
where nil manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou-es-I.
&. WhippIe, Pea-e & Taylor, + Nu-
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can Toe pro-
currd. Besides these thrrJ are. a
number nf retail grocery eStubilSh-
mrnts-Leihy * Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which guud
stocks of fresh groceries can bc
had. Fruit and Produce, :. IL. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the fDilaw-
ing: H.. II. Ellis. Underwood Il Me.
Gregpr, and T.. w. k%rpliuger,
where everything usually kept IN .
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. on drug
stores there ARE -AddnmS u
Glover aud Hurihut Bros. and there.
will Ike no dtiliruitY in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
u first class drug establishment.
There are three lurge dry goods es.
Observation-Disclosures s. Meyers, Geo.
-. Fuglp~ong IL Co, l.. Herman &
Co.,-each uf whom keeps nm eX-
tcnsive aud varied assortment of all
articles dSualiy Kept in first class dry
goods stores. There ara three large
ready made clothing" hnusp~--B.
Holman. Marks 81 Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale rs Well ns
retail. 3. liellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, II first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mpnt. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpp-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. e. Maston,--at each
of which there is II good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockerv line the barge and 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 Ct. Il. Thompson, can "autfitn
q iO OtAl uIHll Nil0lll. with lbtltllS
and shoes. In tewClry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twn-JoSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe far excellence
of workmanship, an | the place may
well be proud OF it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is n rolling .pruirir, well
o,,n.,taI ~ fHp t-.,af,. - .-,4l..l
sheep, and covered with herds and
docks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf 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 1000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has FIVE good,
substantial church edificeS, a. fol-
pastor I; EniSeapal,- Rev. F.-W..IIiI-
lard, resilient cIergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Conprp-
g%ational, no resident minister ct
present, There is n good public
schaol. with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. F. Stark. aS principal,
anil Misses Tenney, MTcGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodinus,
comfortable two story brick edifce,
AMI was erected in 1871. at a cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
Il number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-ive.