The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-11-01
CaErEaNE AS an ourFIrrING
POINT

CHEKEHNE As AN OUTFIITING
POINT
Being daily in receipt of letter.
making inquiry az tn the distnnce
from here tn the Black Hills, aud as
TO the facilities for uutfitt.ng wheat
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances frum here to The hits.
and to the varivtIs points IN the
route have already beeu published.
Cheyenne is sftuated at the june
ton nf the Union Phcifiiand Kansas
Pacific railroads. and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau Of land, the e!cva-
ton of which Is about 5000 feet above
the sea leyel. AA'sinall stream, ralled
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range0f Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (sninu-
times called Camp Carlin) II military
supply pnSt, where there area-gum-
Der of M~atepaurSts and Store houses
fIthe safe keeping Uf H%iiiitary aud
Indian stores, Is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has "A branch
railroad leadiug-frniu ii Ia the Union
Pacific. AT uis tleInt are Il govern
ment wagon. ishOiI vi tckSmiih-Shup
and other shops, whore n large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. ~ mile
still further up Crow CrreS is Fort
Russell, a fifteen compIny military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
II ynnlds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housmun and +. Schweickert
where all nntnucr of mining tools
and .carpcnter touls are for sale; three
large Wholesale grocery hnuSeS-I.
q. Whippie, PeaSe d Taylor, L Ma
gle-where ey~eTythilg ia the grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these therb ARE II
number of retail grocery cstub!ish-
mrnts-Leiby Il Co., Underwood &
McGregQr,a at all Iol which gDud.
stocks of fresh. groceries can be-
hafi. Fruit and Produce, =. II. Mood.
or bakery and confectionery cS-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. II. Eilis, Underwood & Me
Gregur, and e w. .kepliuger,
where everything usually Kept in a
baking and cnnfcciiunpry establish
~ u To- w ~ ~ ~
stores there are tweZAddoms d
Glover aud IIurlhut BrnS.-And there.
will Ike no difficulty in proruring nj
these places anything usually kept az
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gnnr!- rs-
Observation-Disclosures e Meyers, Gen.
lGEagleaonS Il Co, l.. Herman *
CO.,-each of whom Keeps IN pX-
tenSive and varied aSsurtmentn 81 all
articles usually kept in first ctaSS dry
goods Stores. There are Ihrpt. large
''reauys EaIr~tIuIliiiig" huIse>-B.
Hellman, Marks & Never, Peter
Smith +hIs OF theui carry extern
sfrG stOtks, and WhnltSa'e ~ wei; rs
retail. b. HellunH has in r]nnmpctiuur
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mPnt. OfwhuleSplc liquor and cigar
houses. there are tllrcP- II. "A. Eugt,,
Il. Murrin, Geo. q. MaSrnu,-at each
of which Tttipre is a good >inck Ia
purchase from. tn the furniture and
croekeEyltRe thelargt Hd-eXtensiVe-
establishment of Converse & Warreu
EN- Sfurnish all demands un these
Branches of trade. IN tiIe bppt aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and q. T.. Thompson, ran "outfit"
all who call upon them. with hunts
and shoes. In jrwUlry establishments
Cheyenne JnSlIu & Park
AMI David Miller. The former has y
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for eXrpftpnrp
well be proud nfit.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, we'll
adapted tn the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOcks of the. same. Eighteen miles
AWAY, to the west, the MptcaIf Min
ipg District begins, where good cop
per and silver oreS are found I'm
abundance. This district is now
heing developed by citizens of. Chpv-
enne, and will, no dGirbt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,0n0 inhahi-
tant|. Tins number does not include
transient persons. 1t has FIVE good,
substantial + CHURCH qedifrpS.~aST fol
lows: Catholic, Father %AIrGnldrirk,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
AreSttent cIergvmen; Preshy-
teriah, Rac. w. B. Knr,f, resident
minister Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Whrrtn,, resident minister: Fonpr.l
gational, M resident minister IT
presents & There Il, me goid public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. f.. Stark. as prfncfpaf.
and Misses Penney McGeehon and
Bryant-as assistant teachers. Fhe
school building is a cnmmndinus.
comfortable two story brick edifce.
AMI wa erected in 1871, at a cost of
$1,000. There is also a private
schout kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
a number of small scholars in attend
ance-probahly Twenty-Five.
As all who intend going to the