The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-08
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to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose { answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hIIl~
and to the various luints IN the
route have already been published
Cheyenne is situated at the JUNG
ton OF the Union Pdcii" and Kansas
Pacific railroads. and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleva-
lion of which is about 6.UuH fee; 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 (Snsue-
times called Camp Carliul II military
supply p'Sl, where there are u mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it Ia the union
Pacific. At this depot are n govern
ment wagon shop, Ill ,rksmillI shop
and other shops, where II large num-
Der of tradesInen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crnw Creek is Fort
Russell, n fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. j. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove aud tin stores
Henry Housmnn and f. SchwcicNert
where all name of mining tools
and carpenter tools are far sale; three
large wholesale gruCcry lIuu~CS-l.
&. Whipple, Pcu~e & Taylor, T. Ma
gle where everything iuthe grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these theirs are a
number of retail grocery e~IhlrISh-
m-nts-Leiby * Co., Underwood Il
McGregOr, ut all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can Ice
had. Fruit and Produce, =. II. Wood.
OF bakery nnd confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. IL. Ellis. Under wood y Me
Gregur, and Il. w. Kepliuger,
where everything usually Kept IN II
baking ami confectionery establish
ment may he procured. OF drug
stores there are twu-AdinuS &
Glover ani Hurlhut Bros.-and there.
will be 20 difficulty in procuring at
these phlcrs anything usually kept at
II first class drug establishment.
There are three larg" dry gom,I% IS
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers. Gen.
ID. Fogie~ong e Co, /. Herman &
Cu.,-each nf whom keeps an y
tensivp and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. Therp are three. large
ready made clothing" hnusp~--B.
HciiuIan, Marks & Meyers, Peter
SnIitii-all of them carry UXtrm
81 We stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. B. HelInran has in connection
with his clothing emporium, n first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or wholesale liquor and cigar.
houses there are thrre-T. y. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q. MaSIou,--ut each
OF which there is Il goud stock Ia
purchase from. In the furniture and
cruckery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse IL Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches OF trade. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. L. Thompson, can outfit"
all who call upon them. with bnniS
andshocS. In jrwClry establishments
Cheyenne hoasts two-Joslm & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughput the United
States AMI Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an | the place may
well be proud nf ii.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is Il rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising nf cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
fiocks of the ame Eighteen miles
away to the west, the NIetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found III
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. II haS five good,
substantial church edifreS. "a fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnldrirk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. f. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergvmen; Preshy-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Cnngrp-
gational, no resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. r. Stark. ~ principal,
and Misses Tennpy, McGeehon anil
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cnmmodinus.
comfortable two story brick edifce.
AMI wa erected in 1871. at a cost of
SI2.0A0. There is also q private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
number nf small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
As all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munitiOn, for their own protection
and to supply the cpmmiSsarv de-
partmant. we are often asked whether
those goods "A be obtained here.
we refer them tn the Wyoming
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