The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-18
ComMERcIAL JOB PRINTING
CHEYENNE IS An OUEEITTING
POINT!

" AhC laGlllA4G5 lDA tAAAANNAAAS
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the NUS
and to the NuTiuu, Futli- IN the
route have already been uubll-ifrd-
Cheyenne il situated at u JUNG
ton OF the Uuiun Ptcih.' and kaI-aN
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eiCvu-
tion of which is about q ,0lU fee! ahuv"
the sea level. \ small stream, called
Grow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
srn and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot Some
times called Camp Cariin) IA military
supply post, where there are n 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 it to the Union
Pacific. At this depot are Il govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksnIilh shop
and other shops, where "A large mum
Der of tradesmpn find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is IA rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising Of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
flocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found n
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, 40 doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tants. This number dOestot include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church editives, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoIdrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. W. Hill
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f..
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
g%ational, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
owe by \. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Teuney, McGeehOn and
Bryant as assistant TEACHERS. The
school building is a commOdiOus,
comfortable two story brick edifice,
AMI was erected in 1871, ut a cost Of
$4,000. There is also Il private
school kept by IA Miss Ellis, who has
At number of small scholars in attend
c probably Twenty-Five.
There are in the own two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOuSman and f.. SChwpiCkert
where all II of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou@eS-I.
c.. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, + 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 y Co., Underwood d
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries IA be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery aud confectionery cs-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: H. ii. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and E. w. Kepliuger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
store there are twO-AddOnls d
Glover and Hurlbut BrOs.-nnd 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 e Meyers, Geo.
D.. Foglesong & 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
AtFpnnU Tln1n RlnthinpD hrrr-n- II
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. B. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, n 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
car furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. E. Thompson, can outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO1JOslIn & 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
tanranfS in tho nlnnn u.hnrn rnnnI-