The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-07-01
COMMERCIAL JoB PRINTING
CHEYENNE AS AN oUTFITTING
POINT

from here to the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for QUILTING when
here, we propose [ answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ton OF the Union Pactfr and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
en- a high plateau of land, the eleva-
tion of which is about 5000 feel above
the sea level. a small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsnme-
times called Camp Cariin) II military
supply pnst, where there are Il mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has II branch
railroad leading from it TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are Il govern
ment wagon shop, bl Icksmiih shop
and other shops, where "A large NUM-
Der of trade-men find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, Il 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 a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hocks 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, nc doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edificeS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister 1T
preserIt. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tennpy, McGeGhOn aud
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is II cOmmodious,
comfortable two story brick edifce,
ami was erected in 1871, at II cost of
$l2,OOO. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
Il number of small scholars in attend
ance probably twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
muuitiOn, for their own protection
and to supply the cOmmiSsary de-
partment, we are often asked whether
these goods can be obtained here.
We refer them to the Wyoming
Armory aud Pioneer Gun Store of
Freund Bros, on Eddy Street, who
keep a large assortment of guns, pis-
tolls and ammuuitions of all kinds.
They are first-class gunsmiths, and
repair firearms in the best and most
work manlike manner.
There are in the town two large
Hard ware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-I.
G. WhippIe, Pease & Taylor, L 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
n+nts-Leiby x Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: H. II. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOmS &
Glover and Hurlhut BroS.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
4 first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods rs
Observation-Disclosures & Movers, Gen.
d. Foglesong & Co, |. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an ex-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
stores. There are three large
'reauy made cIOthing' houses--B.
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well rs
B. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G. M%aston,-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 & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and @. E.. Thompson, can ''outfit"