The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-16
CHEYENNE AS AN oUEFITrINC
POINT

from here To the Black Hills, and AS
TO the facilities for Quitting when
here, We propose to- answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and TO the various points On the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne Is situated at the Juno
ton OF The Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles eif=t OF the Black Hills range,
on Il high plateau OF land, the elcva-
ton of which is about 6 1000 feet above
the SEA level. \ small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern q southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (sOme-
times called Camp Carliu( a military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der ut warehouses and store HOUSES
tOT b safe Keeping Of military and
Indian stores, Is Two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it 20 the Union
I'uclllC. At TINS depot are IA govern
ment wagon shop, Blacksmith shop
and other shops, where a large mum
e OF tr3tdesuIen lind employment
4 in h government service. \ mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
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garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
ADAPTED TO the Raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
nOcks of the anne. 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 Chey-
enne, and VIII, No doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 1900 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church editceS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGOlduiCk,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. f. w. Hill
lard, resident clergy men; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. Il. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. W. +.
Warren, resident minister; COugre-
gatiOnal, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, presided
over by n. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Teuney, MCGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is Il cOmmodious,
comfortable two story brick edifice,
and was erected in 1871, at n cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
IA number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
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where all manne of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-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
mrnts-Leiby d Co., Underwood *
McGregOr, mt all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can hr
had. Fru t and Produce, =. II. WOOD.
OF bakery and confectionery ra-
tahiishmentS there are the follow
ing: ii. IL. Ellis, Underwood " Nc.
Gregor, and f.. w. Ktplinger,
where everything usually kept IN a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOms d
Glover and Hurlhut 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 Il Meyers, Geo.
ID. FogIesong & 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 cloGhiDg" hDuses--B.
Hellman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
Sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. B. fellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mcnt. or wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. CT. MastOn,-at each
of which there is IL good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse e Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. e. Thompson, a outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewClry. establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JOSlIn Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
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
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taurants in the place, where meals
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