The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-13
CHEYENNE AS AN OUTFITTINC
POINT!

CaEYENNE As AN OUrFITTINC
POINT!
Being daily in receipt Of letters
making inquiry ms 70 the distance
from here to the Black Hills, and rs
10 the facilities tor QUILTING when
here, we propose t answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hiil~
and to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated ut the juno
ton OF the Union Pdcif" and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau OF land, the eleva-
ton of which IS about 6,UuB ieet above
the sea level. \ small stream, called
Grow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (snme-
times called Camp CurIiu) Il military
supply pnst, where there are a num-
Der Of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has IA branch
railroad leading from it 70 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are Il govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksnith shop
and other shops, where a large num-
Der of tradesmen tiuh employment
in the government service. a 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.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusman and r. Sch weiCkert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houses-I.
&. Whipplc, Pease & Taylor, Il Nh-
gle where everything in the gruccry,
provision and grain trade can lie pro-
cured. Besides these there are Il
number OF retail grocery establish
Inruts-Leiby * Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks Of fresh groceries can he
had. Fruit and Produce. 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery and Confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
Gregor, and L. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept III a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addoms &
Glover and IIurlbut Bros.-and there
WILDE no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
D.. FogIeSong & Co, /. Herman &
Co.,-edch 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" hUuses--B.
Hellnan, Marks q Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
siye stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. B. Ilellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. Of wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. y. 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.. Il. Thompson, can ''outfitn
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. 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.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
f1OckS of the same. 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 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor ; Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
teriap, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; COngre-
gationaf, no resident minister ct
present. There is one good public
schools with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
oyer by N. E. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a ~cOmmodiOus,
comfortable two story brick edifice,
aud was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$4,000. There is also a private