The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-12
COMMERCIAL JoB PRINTING
CHEYENNE As An OUEFIFrING
POINT!

Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry as to the distance
from here to the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for outitting when
here, we propose L, answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER
The distances from here to III hilI~
andgtO the various points IN the
route have already been published
CHEYENNE is situated at the juno
ton oG the Union Pacific n Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eieNa-
tfon of which is about 8 ON ieei o
the sea Level. Asmull 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 l~Omp-
times called Camp CarIin) II military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmilh shop
and other shops, where n large nuuu-
Der of tTadesmen find employment
in the government service. y 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.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is n rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising Of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
tiocks Of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf 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 Eve good,
substantial church edificcS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lizard, resilient clergymen Presby-
teriau, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident ministers; Congre-
gational, no resident minister At
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, presided
o!er 10y n. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenupy, McGcehOu ana
Bryant a assistant teachers. The
school building is IL commOdiuus.
comfortable two story brick edihcp,
and was erected in 1871, at IL cost Of
Sl2,O0O. There is also Il private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
1t number Of small scholars IN attend
ance-prubably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusman and +. Schweickert
Where all n Of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large Wholesale grocery hOuSeS-I.
G. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, f 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 d Co., Underwood d
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). H. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and L. w. Kepiinger,
where, everything usually kept in Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOmS d
Glover and Hurlbut Bros. and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures d Meyers, Geo.
IL EpulnSAnp & 10 TIgr,,, e
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" hOuseS--B.
Hellman, 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 &c Warren
car furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. E. Thompson, can ''outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots,
andshocs. In jewcIry 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.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are GDyers Hotel, American