The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-17
COmmERCIAL sob PRINTING
CHEYENNE As AN OUEFIrTINC
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 Quitting when
here, we propose t answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to The bills
and TO the various points IN the
route have already been p~ubliShPd.
CHEYENNE i situated AT the june
tiuu oI the Union Pacific and hanSas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east Of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the elevu-
ton of which Is ubuutG ,OUJroeI above
the sea level. \ small stream, called
Crow Creek, tlDws down from this
range of Hills and through the west
srn and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot lsOmU-
times called Camp Curlin) II military
supply post, where there are a 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 n branch
railroad leading from it TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are n govern.
ment wagon shop, bl ,Cksmiih shop
and other shops, where Il large mum
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. \ 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 a rolling prairie, wen
adapted to the raising Of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
hocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Mctcalf 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-
cnne, 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 editCes, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lizard, resident clergymcn; Preshy-
terian, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
Eational, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
Q yer ny n. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehOn aud
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cOmmOdiOus,
comfortable two story brick edificp,
and was erected in 1871, at n cost of
So 1000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars in attend
ance-Probably twenty-five.
There are. in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusmun and r. SchWtickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houSes-T.
@. 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 & Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks Of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
adjustments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and +. w. Kcplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. Of drug
stores there are two-AddOms 4
Glover and Hurlbut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty I'm procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
q first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
D. FOgleSOng q Co., |. 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" 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 clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
Il. Murrin, Geo. G.. Mast0n,-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
a furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and &. E. Thompson, can outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts tWO-JOSlIn & 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 Overs Hotel, American
House, Planters House. and Rnilrnad