The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-08
CHEYENNE As AN OBFFITTING
POINT

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here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER,
The distances frpm here tO the hills
aud TO the various points III the
route have already been publishedg q
Cheyenne is situated. at the juno
tion OF the Union Puciiir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about serrutPenf
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of Band, the eleva-
tion of which is about 6 ,OOU feet above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (some-
times called Camp Curlin) a military
supply post, where there are Il 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 a govern,
ment wagon shop, bl tcksnith shop
and other shops, where a large nurn-
Der or tradesmen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison; commanded by Cen. }. J..
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is II rolling prairie, well
ADAPTED to the raising Of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcks nf the same. Eighteen miles
away ~ 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 will, no doubt, prove Of
greatevaTue.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tauts. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifces, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymeu; Presby-
terrain, Rev. W. b. Reed, resident
miLister; Methodist, Rev. W. F.
Warren, resident minister; COngre-
gational, no resident minister at
present. There is n good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
v by N. L. Stark, as principal,
'h1 NAAooNo -1CAiAiNg I1NOGCllOil anu
Bryant as assistant teachers. The.
school building is a commodiuus,
comfortable two story brick ediiice,
and VAS erected in 1871, at n cost of
$l2,U0O. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars in attend
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
There are in-the town two large
H-NrlNEa r.. AfnUA nnH.anfip -SfAray q
Henry Housman and f. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and Carpenter tools are for sale; three
large w~hotesaIe1 grocery houses-I.
q. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, E Ma
gle -where everything in the grocery,
provisions and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby 81 Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at-all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries a be
had. Fruit and Produce. 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
tablishmentS-there are the follow
.ing: H. H. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and L. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-AddOms d
Glover and Hurlbut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty-in -proeuring-at
these places anything usually kept at
u first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Foglesong q Co, l.. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an ex-
tensive and varied assortment OF all
articles usually keptin first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
READY made elothing'f hOuses--B.
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 Aclothipg emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there r 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
and G!a E. Thompson, can "outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewelry establishments
Cheyenne boasts two-JoslIu & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
states and Europe for excellence
OF workmanship,an the place may
well be proud OF it.
TheFeare anumber of good hotels
in the place. the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel9 There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
can he obtained at n time. There