The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-03
"HEIErNE AS AN OUIFITTENC
POINT!

ISEF, NC propose | answer All THESE
correspondence through lie LEADER.
The distances from here to Ihc hills
and to the various points m the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne i situated at the iunC-
ton al The Union pac!i" and Kansas
Pacific T]aIlTOhd-, and about seventeen
nIIlUs cast Of the Black Hills range,
on II high plateau OF land, the elUVh-
ton OF which j. about q, UUj lcpt above
tine ~Ca level. y -uIuii stream, called
Crow Creek, flows doNu from This
range ui Hills and through the west
era and southwestern par of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot Some
times called Camp Cariin) II military
supply post, where there are Il num-
her at warehouses and store houses
IOI he safe Keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has IL branch
railroad leading from il TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
meut wagon shop, bl iukSmilh shop
aud other shops, where II large mum
Der Of trIdcsmen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. }.
r ynnldS. AT present there arc but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is n rolling prairie, well
wuaptCd TO the rIIsing of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
tlOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away To the west, the Mctcalf Min
ing District begins, where gno,l cop
per and silver ores are found IN
ABUNDANCE. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chcy-
rune, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 1000 iuIabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. II has five good,
substantial church edificeS, aS fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
lard, resident clergymen; PreSby-
tvriun. Rev. w. b. Reed. resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident minister; COngre-
g]aliunal, no resident minister at
present. There j. one good public
school, with uu average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. +. Stark, a. principal,
and Misses Teuuey, MCGcUhOn and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is Il c~ommodinus,
comfortable two story brick pditice.
and was erected in 1871, at IL cost of
Sl2,OOO. There is also a private
school kept 10y a Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars in attend
ance-prohably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Schwcickert
where all manner of mining tools
a,,yl Far VAV, tAa- f-4..4 ~ sen fA- .-alA. tT.HgA
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-T.
G.. Whipple, PeAse * Taylor, Il Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cur, d. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrutS-Leiby X Co, Underwood *
McGrUgor, :. II. Wood, at all of which
good stocks of fT'~h groceries can be
had. OF bakery and confectionery
establishments there are the follow
ing: IL. ii. Ellis, Underwood d Me
Grrgnr, und +. w. Keplingpr,
where everything usually kept in Il
baking and confectionery establish
mrut may be procured. OF drug
stores there are tWO-AddOmS X
Glover and HurIhut BrOs.-hnd there
will be 30 difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. FOgleSOng & Co, /. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps AT eX-
tensivp and varied assortment OF ali
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
READY made clothing" huuses--B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
S~mith-all of them carry extern
Sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. HelIman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mpnt. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. CT. MastOn,-at each
of which there is a good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crOckpry 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 Ct. E. Thompson, can ''outfit'
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewClry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-J0SlIn < Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI 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
taurant5 in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wagon
Sh0ps-JOhn NealOn, II. Haas, and
Draper & Coat which a good sup
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