The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-07
CRKXEaSE A. AN UPLIFTING
POINT

here, we propose I answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here 10 the hills
and to the various points IN the
route nave already beer published.
ChpS eune i at the juno
ton oil The Union Paclfir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles cast OF the Black Hills range,
GA Il high p.aiC5.u OF land, the eieVa-
ton oi which i about q, BUD leeI above
thC sEI level. 4 small SITtanI, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range ul HIi5 aud through the west
era and southwestern part at the
town site Cheyenne Depot (-Ome-
times called Camp CariinJ II military
supply post, where there ARE u mum
Der al warehouses and store houses
for The safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, Is W. miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has a branch
railroad leading from it To the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmith shop
and other shops, where II large mum
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. "A mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
r ynO!ds. At present there are but
! nine companies stationed there.
Tie country for miles around
Cheyenne is a railing prairie, well
ADAPTED tO the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
iiucSs of the same. Eighteen miles
away to rhe west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per aud silver ores are found in
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of ChPy-
enup, and Will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tnnts. This number does moi include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, a. fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
~trrian, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. +.
Warren, resident minister; COngre-
guliuuaI, no resident minister st
present. There j. one good public
school, with IN average attendance
Ut two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. l.. Stark, rs principal,
and Misses Temney, McGeehom and
Bryant aS Assistant teachers. The
school building is IA cn~Inmudious,
comfortable two story brick edifice.
ana Was erected in 1871, at II cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept toy u Miss Ellis, who has
a number ut small scholars IN attend
ance-urnLnbIv twrnTy-6vp
There. are in the iown two larg,
Hardware. stoy. and lin stores
Henry Unusmnn and II bwrirke
where nil manner nf mining tools
and ,arnrntrr fnuls arp for sale. three
lnrpr whole.nle prncery houses-I.
q WhiprIp Ppose A. TsyInr + Ma
gle where evprythilri in the grocery.
Srnyisiun and Grain trade can be pro-
rur, d. Resides these Their, nrt, n
number of retail grocery establish
m,uts-Ipibv n co. UndprwoOd &,
MrGrcgor, ). II. Wood, at all of which
GOOD stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. OF bakery and confectionery
establishments there are the follow
ing: II. IL. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Grecor, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually Kept in 4
baking and confectionery establish
mput may he procured. OF drug
stores there are tw0-Addous u
Glover and uurlbut BrOs.-nnd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places ANYTHING usually kept at
II first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
y. Fog'eaong d Co, l.. Herman d
Co.,--each OF whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment OF all
articles usually Kept IN hrst class dry
goods stores. There are ihree large
ready made clothing" hnuseS,-B.
HciiLiah; Marks az Meyers, refer
Snilth-aiI OF e carry e&ten-
Sive STOCKS, ana wholesale as Wen as
retail. Is. HERMAN mas III connection
with his ClDthlng Emporium, q HrSt