The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-27
CaExkNNE As AN oUrFITrING
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POINT
Being daily in receipt of Letters
making inquiry ~ ta the distance
from here tn the Black Hills, and as
e the facilities lur uuttiTt.ng when
here, we propose answer all theSe
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hills
and To the v~ariuIs points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated al the juno
tion OF the Union PHcifi" and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the elevH-
tiOn Of which Is about 6,OOD feel above
the sea level. A small strCam, called
Crpw CrvH,k, flows down irnn this
range OF Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (sune-
times called Camp Cariinl a military
supply pnsi, where there ARE Il mum
Der luf warehouses aud store houses
for The safe keeping uf military aud
Indian stores, Is twO miles dis ant,
on Crow Greek, and has n branch
railroad leading 1rum IL To the Uninn-
Pacific. AT this depot are n govern
ment wagon shop, hl ,cksuniih shop
and other shops, where n large mum
her of tradeSmen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Grow CIR, eK Is Fort
Russell, ~ fifteen cuuiptny military
garrison, commanded toy Glen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies Stationed there.
There are Ia the town " large
- HTa 20 Gfsay. - IL. Nr.
Henry Uousnmn and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tonls
and caFte ntertdolS are for SALE; three
large Wholesale grocery hou>es-I.
q. Whipple, Pet-r x Taylor, 4 Ma
gle -where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade Can he pro-
cured. Besides hest there arr a
number of retail grocery establish
m-nts-Leiby x Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all OF which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, =. III. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: IL. IL. Ellis, Underwood d Me-
GregW, and K Nv. Keplinger,
where everything usually Kept IN a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. Or drug
stores there are twu-AddomS &
Glover and Hurlhut BroS.-and there
will he no difficulty in procuring AT
these places anything usually kept ut
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
tabiishmeutS-Ma Marks & Meyers, Geu.
ID. F~bgieSung & Co, /. Herman Il
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
ten5ive and varied assortment uf all
articles LSdaliy kept in firstNIaSS dry
goo l. stores. There are three large
really made ~cluthine" hduse~--B.
Hcllius AZ. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smiu-hlE8 of stheur carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. Is. iIellman has ia connection
with his clothing emporium, q first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses tIlpre are thrpe-T. "A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. O.. MaStOn,- AT each
of which Ahpre is n good stock IL
purchase from. In the furniture and
crurkerv tInp The large and extensive
establishment OF Converse & Warren
can furIiish all detnnndS IN these
branchs-p f trade. tIp the tnnpt and
sine trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and q. f. Thompson. can "nulfit"
all who call upon them, with bmDt~
andshpeS. Injrwtlry establishments
Cheyenne BOASTS Two JOSiIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has u
reputation throughout the United
States AMI Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI the place NAV
we'll he proud az it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne Is n rolling prairie, we'll
adapted To the raising uf cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
hocks of The. m Eightpf n miles
Hwaygtpthp west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District hegiuS. where good cop
per and silver ores are found in
abundance. This district is nnw
being developed nv citizens of Chev-
enne,, and will, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 1000 inhahi-
tantI. This number does not include
transient persons. II has Ave good,
s~uhstantial Echurrh -difres. a fol-
lows: Catholic. Father MEG rIdrirk,
PaStor;E piScnpAL Rev. F. w. Hi
lard. ~Sresiient -eler@vtnpn; PrpSbv-
terrain. Rev. w. B. K4..,l. resident
ministers Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident miniS.-r: Cnnprp-
gatinnal no resident minister 8:
present! ssiafere Il one goni pnhlir
schael, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. f. Stark, ~ PRINCIPAL.
AM Misses Tennev, MrGeehon and
Bryant as Assistant teachers. The
school bnilding is a ro,nrnodinns
clnfnrtable two story brick edifice