The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-27
CHKYxaNE As AN OUrFTFrING
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POINT!
Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry as To the distance
from here tn'the Black Hills, and as
To the facilities for outitt.ng when
here, We propose I answer all these
correspondents through The LEADER.
The distances from here tn The hiil-
aud tn the various points IN II
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ton uI the Union PaciGr and Kansas
Pacific railroads, niId abuui venice
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleva-
tion of which i about 8 900 feel above
the sea level. 4 small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (snme-
times called Camp CariiH) II military
supply p',St, where there ARE Il num-
Der tuf wareIniSeS and store houses
for the safe Keeping of military uId
Indian stores, Is twu miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has n branch
railroad iending from it 10 the union
Pacific. AT this depot are u govern
ment wagon shop, bl Icksmiih shop
and other shops, where II large num-
her of trddesuuen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Cruw Creek is Fort
Russell, "a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y Gen. }. j..
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There nre in the town W large
IIa El KaH..Fa ZN.Nr. md ~. EH..Hs4
Henry Housmau and +. Schwpickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOu<es-l.
G.. WhippIc, Pc,>c d TsylOr, T. Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are Il
number of retail grocery establish
Inrnts-Leiby & Co., Underwood q
McGrrgor, at all of which good
stockS of fresh groceries can be
hal. Fruit aud Produce, >. II. Wood.
or bakery aud confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: ii. II. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and r. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept III Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment ma be pracured. or drug
stores there are twO-Addoms IL
Glover aud Hurlnui Bros.-Hnd there
will be 10 difficulty in procuring "a;
these. places anything usually Kept ut
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gnur!S es-
Observation-Disclosures Il MEYERS, Geo.
ID. FOgleaOng & Co, /. Herman q
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment of all
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goods stores. There are three lurgu
ready made clothing" h~nu<rS-R.
Holman. Marks Il Meyer, Peter
Smith-all OF theu carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale us We'll rs
retail. b. HelInau has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrPe-T. a. Kent,
l.. Mnrrfn, Geo. G.. Mastnn, at each
of which there is IA good stock to
purchase fr1m. 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 bnut and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and q. e. Thompson, can "uutfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shnps. Injewtlry establishments
Cheyenne boasts t~wo-JoSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has Il
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an | the place may
well be proud of it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hocks of the anne. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf 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
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifceS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnldrirk,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Cougre-
gational, 10 resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, resided
over by NE. Stark, as principal,
anil Misses Tenuey, MrGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cnmmodious.
comfortable two story brick edifice.
- , 0.nat4I -, 1917 II