The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-30
CHEYENNE As An QUITTING
POINT!

Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry as to the distance
from here TO the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose t. answer all these
correspondent thrOuEhthe LEADER.
The distances from here To The hills
and to the various points N the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne l. situated at tn" june
ton OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, ana about seventeen
miles east Of the BLACK Hills range,
on Il high plateau of land, the c.vNa-
tion of whichis about 6 5000 feet above
the sea level. y small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot lsnme-
times called Camp Carlin) Il military
supply post, where there are q num-
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military aud
Indian stores, is two mics distant,
on Crow Greek, and has a branch
railroad leading from 10 90 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, blacksmith shop
and other shops, where a large mum
Der of tradesmeu fad employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. j.. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is Il rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
hocks 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 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Heed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with al average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, presided
over by n. f. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehOn and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodiOus,
comfortable two story brick edificc,
and was erected in 1871, at n cost OF
SlS,OOO. There is also Il private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
"a mum hnr nf email Z.Ill,pr j., ,tf.,.l
ance-probably twenty-five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Schweickert
where all manner Of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery housCs-I.
G. Whippie, Pease & Taylor, L 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 IL
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, $. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: ii. II. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and Z. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
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
a first class drug establishment,
There are three large dry goods es-
taoiishments-Narks & Meyers, Geo.
D. toglesOng * Co., l. 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" hOuspS-B.
Heilman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smlth-al of them carry extern
SlVe 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
n g.. Z. Thompson, can ''outftp
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewClry establishments
Cheyenne boasts tWO-JOsln &. 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 oft.
There are q number of good hotels
IN the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
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