The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-23
cHKYEaNE As AN QUITTING
POINT!


making Inquiry "a 10 The distance
from mere To- the Black Hills, aud ~
To the facilities 1ur uuitiGttng when
here, We prOpOSp answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hill-
and Ia the v~ariatI~ paints III the
route have already Iseen published.
Cheyenne i situated at the juno
ton at the Uninu P"cifir aud Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miie- east OF the Black Hills range,
Oh a high plateau Of band, The eleva-
ton of which l. nbuut 6,O0u feet Hbnve
the sea- level A SniHil oir,flm, called
Crow Greek, flows dawn from this
range OF IIiii- aud through the west
eru and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (Sonp-
times called Camp Cariiul II military
supply posi-, where there are a mum
Der uf4 warpintIseS aud stpre HOUSES
fer the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, Is TWO miles DIS ann,
on Crow Creek, and hats II branch
railroad leading rom IL tn the Uuiun
Pacific. Al this tleput are n cavern
ment Wagon shop, al .rksiniih shop
and other shops, where ~ large num-
her uf tradpSinpn tiud employment
in the government service. y mile
still tUtJher up tr'-o Cries. l. Fort
Russell, "A fifteen crinipInv military
garrison, commanded hy lien. } j.
r ynolds. At present thee are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two lnrgp
Hardware. stove and tin stnres-
Henry HuuSnIHn and +. Schwrickert
where pll uanner of mining tppis
and cirpanter tools ART for sale; tlirte
large wholesale grocery hOu>pS-I.
&. Whipple, Pra-e 4 Tsylor. + Ma
gle where everything ia the grwery,
provision and grain trade tan he pro-
cur ii. Besides these ther.i are Il
number of retail grocery eStubIi-h-
m-uts-Leiby x Ca, Underwood Il
McGregnr, at all of which g1ud
stocks Of fresh groceries can be
hal. Fruit aud Prudd ace, S.ll. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery eS-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. III. Ellis, Unilerwupd x Me
GregOr, and T.. w. krplmgpr,
where everything usually kept IA IA
baking and confectionery establish
mput may Ice procured. OF drug
stores there ARE IWo-AddouS K
Glover aud tInrlhut Bros. -ant there
will he no difficulty i'm procuring AT
these places anything usually kept ut
n first class drug establishments.
There are three large dry guud- rs
tabliSh mpntS-MarkS Il Movers, Geo.
~. Fugtp~uug Il ca, /. Herman 4
& n.,-each 1T whom keeps an pN-
tensivr and varied assortment of nll
articles ,tSu thy kept in first class dry
gonlS stores. Tier, are thee large
''-eadyI nIatle ~rlothing" liStIspS--B.
Hoffman. Marks & Meyers, Peer
Smtth -illt of them carry extpu-
SirC"stOrkS.s and whnleoa'p nS Well as
retail. b. IlellnHn has la connection.
with his clothing emporium, II first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are .rhrpp-T. A. Kpui,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MaStOu, lat each
of which there Is a good stock to
purchase from In the furniture and
crn.kerr hnr The large aud extensive
establishment of Converse K Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of tr ide. In the boot aud
sine trade the stores of Stephen BON
AMI q. +. Thompson, ran "nultit"
all who call upon them. with boots
andshppI. In jew, Try establishments
Chpverpe hnaStS two JnSnn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of w"rkmfnship.an the place nny
well he proud ~; il.
The country for miles arnunl
Cheyenne is II rolling prairie, we'll
auapte,l to the raising IF cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
6Ocks nf the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MptcaIf Min
ing District hpgiiiS, where good rop
Far A o,,ft -SiIx.nr At.n- mr., E,,,,Al -,
abundance. This district j. now
being developed nv citizens of Chry-
ennr, aud will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tantS. This number ilnps mt include
transient perSnnS. II has Eve good,
suhStnpth BAL CHURCH p~difreS.~aS FL
lows; N~Iiaahlir. Fstther AT-f9sifrfrk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. + w. Hill
lard. 4reSilIpnf ciergrman; Pr6shv-
teri'tn. Rev w. B. fspnfl. resident
ministers Methodist, Rev. w. f.
WArr"n. resident iuiniSsrr; ConSrt-
gational. M resident minister IT
praSept There j. orVe .gnsl ptIhIic
srhnnl, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
ove by N. F.. Stark. ~ principal
an Misses Tenney, .MrGeehon aud
Bryant as-asSiSta -~teaclferS. Thp
school building is "A ronmndinns.
cCnfprtable two story brick phifcp
an was erected in 1871. at a ,oSt nf
$l20l. tn re is alSa- a private
sch"'dS kept nv "a Mis- F3Iii-, who has
number nf small scholars in attend
ance-prohahly twenty-five.
Az all who intend going In the
Black Hills need frp-arms anil ann
mnnitipn, for their w protection
ana 10 slppiy fhp, rpmmiSSarv de-
partm"U. we ARE often aske1 whether