The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-05
COMMERCIAL Lob PRINTING
CHEYENNE As AN QUITTING
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correspondents through thH LEADER
The distances from. here Ia the hii~
and to the various points N the
route have already been p~Gbiishrd.
Cheyenne is situated at the june
tiOn OF the Union PHcihr and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on Il high plateau of land, the eleva-
ton of which is about 6 900 feet above
the sea level. a small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (S0me-
times called Camp CurIin) "A military
supply post, where there are Il mum
Der 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 il 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmith shop
and other shops, where "A large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
IN the government service. a mile
still further up Grow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
Reynolds. At present there are but
haHN NSAAA NAhAN ohNNioAsIh Alltlts
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is Il rolling prairie, well
auapted TO the raising Of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
fOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetCalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found in
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chcy-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tauts. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church editices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. f. w. Hi
lard, resident clergymeu; Presby-
terian, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. W. +.
Warren, resident minister; COugrc-
gatiuual, no resident minister 1T
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, , resided
over by n. l.. Stark, as principal,
and Misses TenuVy, McGurnum and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is Il commudious,
comfortable two story brick cdifcp,
AMI was erected in 1871, at a cost Of
81, 900. There is also a private
school kept hy a Miss Ellis, who has
Il humber Of small scholars IN attend
unce- prObabiy twenty-five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusman and f.. Schwrickert
-wilere all nj of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houses-J.
q. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, f 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 d Co., Underwood d
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. II. Wood.
Of bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF 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
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
d. FoglesOng d 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" hOuses--B.
IJn1lrnnn =ATarI-, E AT D.-
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. B. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G. Maston,-at each
of which there is a good stock to
purchase FROM. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse &, Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. +. Thompson, can "Outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshocs. In jewclry 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 Dyers 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