The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-04
COMMERCIAL JoH PRINTING
CHEYENNE As AN OUrFITTING
POINT!

from here Ia the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for Uuttitting when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To The hills
and to the vnriuus points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at The juno
ton OF the Union Paciir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Blurk Hills range,
IN a high plateau of land, the eleva-
tion of which Is about 5000 ieei above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through II west
ern and southwestern part OF the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsnnc-
times called Camp Carlin) Il military
supply pnst, where there are a mum
Der of w~arehottSgs aud store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, Is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, aud has II branch
railroad leading lruin il to tile Union
Pacific. At this depot are II govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmith shop
and other shops, where II large mum
Der of tradeSiuen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, IA 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 Huusman and +. Schweickcrt
where all muuuer of mining tools
and carpenter touiS are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOu-es-I.
G. WhippIe, Prase q Taylor, + Mt
gle where everything in the grnCery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mruts-Leiby * Co., Underwood x
McGregOr, ut all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can Ice
hal. Fruit and Produce, >. III. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery pS-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. II. Ellis, Underwood IL Me
Gregor, and +. w. keplinger,
where everything usually kept in IA
baking and confectionery establish
inent may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addoms X
Glover and Hurlhut BroS.-and there
will be 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, Gen.
ID. FuglpSung & Co, l. Herman x
CU.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment uf nil
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" hnuseS--B.
Holman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
S,.,ftB Ill ,E fl.,.. ,arrt 80 f..,
Sive stocks, and whnleSa'e Us well uS
retail. b. lielInIHn has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. or wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpe-T. a. Kent,
l.. Murriu, Geo. G.. MnSton,--at each
of which there is II 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 aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and Ct. T.. Thompson, a ''outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
n dshOcS. 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, AM 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 aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcks nf the III 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 nov
being developed by citizens of Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifires. as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGnIdrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resilient cIergymen; Preshy-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident ministers; Congre-
g%ational, no resident minister ct
present.. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, +, resided
over by N. F.. Stark, as principal,
and Misses TennPy, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodious,
comfortable two story brick edifice.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
Sl2. 900. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
n number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
As all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own protection
and to supply the commissary de-
partment, we are often asked whether