The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-19
CHEYENNE As AN OUTFITTING
POINT

making inquiry as to the distance
from here tn the Black Hills, and rs
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hills
aud To the various pnints IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the june
tinn of the Uninn Pticifi' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles eslat of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eieVa-
ton of which is about g ,Obl ipeI above
the sea level. a small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
cru and southwestern part OF the
town site. Cheyenne Depot t%snnI,--
times called Camp CarIiu) II military
supply post, where there are II num-
Der of warehouses and store HOUSES
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, aud has "A branch
railroad leading from il Ia the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl icksnith shop
and other shops, where n large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up CruW Greek is Fort
Russell, IL fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
r ynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is u Ruling prairie, well
auapted To the RAISING of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds aud
1Ocks nf the same. EIghtrt n miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found an
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhuhi-
tautS. This number does NOT inr,ude
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church ediiice5, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnIdrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. IIii-
lard, resident c~lergymeu; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Cungrr-
gational, no resident minister at
present. There j. one good public
schnol, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
yer by N. +. Stark, M principal,
aud Misses Tenuey, AIcGerhou aud
Bryant ~ assistant teachers. The
schuOl building is IL co~tnmudious,
comfortable two story brick rdifcp,
au.i Vas erected in 1871, at Il cost of
ST., 600. Thrre is also n private
school kept toy n Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars IN attend
ance-prubably twruty-flvp.
There are in the town TWO large
Hardware. stove and tin SturtS-
Henry HuuSman and +. Schwpickert
where all mauncr of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery huu-es-I.
&. Whipple, Pea~e & Taylor, + Ma
gle -wnrree everything in the grocery,
provision aud grain trade can hp pro-
cur~d. Besides these there are Il
number of retail grocery establish
mrntS-Ltiby * Co., Underwood &
McGregor, Mt all of which good
stOrks of fresh groceries can he
had. Fruit and Produce, ). IL. Mood.
OF bakery and confectionery eS-
Establishments there are the Follow
ing: H. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and +. w. KppIiuger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
mpnt may be procured. or drug
stores there are twn-AdhOrns &
Glover ami 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 rs-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. FogleSong & Co l.. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an ex-
tensivr and varied assortment uf all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made rlOIhing" hnusp---B.
Heiiman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sivp storks, and wholesale as we'll ~
retail. b. Liellnan has ia connection
with his clothing emporium, Il 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 II good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
cruckery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish ali demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and q. f. Thompson, can "outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jrwclry establish
Cheyenne boists two-JnslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has n
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
OF workmanship. an | 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 pl 'ce, where meals