The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-10
CnEYENNE As AN OUEFITrING
POINT!

from here to the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER
The distances from here tu Tie NUS
aud to the various points IN me
route have already heen uuhiishtu.
CHEYENNE j. situated at the juno
ton OF the Union Pacih' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, aud buu
miles east OF the Buck HES range,
ON a hfyh plateau of lInd, the eiCva
ton of which i ubuutG ,ObO Ieet above
h sea level. y 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 (<ume-
times called Camp CarliuJ Il military
supply pnst, where there are Il num-
Der OF warehouses and store HOUSES
for the safe Keeping of military and
Indian stores, = Two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from IL 10 the UuiOn
Pacific. At this depot are II govern
ment wagon shop, bl tCHsniih shop
and other shops, where "a large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. \ mile
still further up. Grow Creek is Fort
Russell, u 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 IA rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising ct cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
tlOcks Of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found III
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chpy-
enne, and Will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This humber dnes not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edificeS, a, fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hi
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. Il. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gatiOnsl, no resident minister 1t
present. There is n good public
school, with au average attendance
OF two hundred SCHOLARS, resided
over 10y y. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Teuuey, McGcrhon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is Il cOmmOdi0us,
comfortable two story brick edilicp.
and was erected in 1871, ut Il cost Of
Sl2,OJU. There is also IL private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
At number Of small scholars IN attend
ance-probably Twenty-Five.
TNI--. =.
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry IiOusman and +. Schweickcrt
where all name of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou-es-I.
Q. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, Z 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
mrnts-Leiby " Co., Underwood &
McGregOr, ut all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries eau be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: IL. II. Ellis, Underwood Il Me
Gregor, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOmS &
Glover and HuHbut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
d. FoglesOng & Co, L. 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' huuses--B.
Hellnan. 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. or wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. 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 Il Warren
"a furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
anu VI L. I~llOillpSDl, can 'Outnt'
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts tw0-JOslIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
Of workmanship, AMI the place may
well be proud OF it.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res