The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-13
CHEYENNE As IN FlTTING
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correspondents thrOughthe LEADER
The distances-from here "a the lTiit~
and 10 the various iuiuis III y
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at tine june
ton OF the Union Paciii. and hun-as
Pacific railroads, and ahGJut seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on n high plateau uf iand,i he elcTa-
ton of which isabuut G,UJB1rCI above
the sea level. \ small slrcIuI, called
Grow Creek, flows down from HE
n of Hills and through the west
eru and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (-Dmc-
times called Camp CarIinl "A military
supply past, where there are "A al
Der of warehouses aud store HOUSES
fuT the safe keeping of military aud
Indian stores, is Two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, ard has II branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tckSnilh shop
and other shops, where a Large mum
ter of tradrSmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still 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.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, wei
ADAPTED to the raising at cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetCaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are round in
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and viii, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 1900 inIlabi-
tauts. This number does not include
transient persons. IL has five good,
substantial church .edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. ". Hi
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain REV. w. b. Reed, resident
minister Methodist, Rev. w. r.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gatiunali M resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
yer by N. f. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Ycnupy, McGeehUn and
DtS dill b0 uNSl1lttlit NctttilCES. ne
school building is Il cummOdiuus,
comfortable two story brick Cdilicp,
and vas erected in 1871, at Il cost Of
$40 There is also Il private
school Kept 10y a Miss Ellis, who has
II lumber of snEtll scholars in attend
ancc probably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
| Hanna. IAtNr,,,t,, -,,,.l T. At-I,,.- E.l-.t
where all name of mining tools
and carpenter tools are FOR sale; three
large wholesale grocery houoes-I.
G. Whipple, Pease d TAYLOR, E Ma
.gle-where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby IL Co., Underwood IL
McGregur, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries Fan be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
adjustments there are the follow
ing: H. H. Ellis, Underwood d Me
Gregor, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept ma
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. or drug
stores there are twO-AddOmS d
Glover and Hurlbut BrOS.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
II first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
D.. FoglesOng & Co., |. Herman &
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 clothing" hUuses--B.
Hellman, Marks q Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well rs
retail. B. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or wholesale liquor and ciyar
houses there are thrPe-T. a. Kent,
II. Murrin, Geo. G.. MaStOn,--at each
of which there is a COOL stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crOekery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse 81 Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. e. Thompson, can "Outit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andShOeS In JeWClrN establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JOSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, and the place may
well be proud OF it.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyersl Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
%taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There