The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-18
CHEYENNE A. AN UPLIFTING
POINT!


POINTI
Being daily in receipt of letters
making inquiry as tn the distance
from here To- the Black Hills, and ~
TO the facilities for outfit ny when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here To The Mills
and To the various points m the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne i situated at the juno
ton nf the union PacItir and Kansas
Pacific railroads. aud about seventeen
miles east of tile Black Hills rauge,
on "A high plateau of land, the eipva-
ton of which is about 6,Dbu lee above
the sea level. y small SirtHm, called
Crow Greek, flows down irum this
range of IIiilS aud through the west
ern aud southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (%Surn,-
times called Camp CarIinD n military
supply past, where there are Il mum
Der al w|arpnuu-pS aud store HOUSES
for the safe Keeping at military and
Indian stores, Is i've miles dIS ant,
on Crow Creek, and has II branch
rHilruad leading rom IL Ia the UNION
Pacific. AT this depot are n govern.
ment wagon shop, hi sck.utlitI shop
AMI other shops, her" u large num-
her of IradrSnieu find pnnplnNuIPnt
in the government service. y mile
still further up Gro" Creek il Fort
Russell, n fifteen CuuIptny military
garrison, commanded by dien. J. j..
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there. .
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and lin stores
Henry Housman and f. Schweickert
where all ann of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grucery hnu-eS-I.
&. WhippIe, Pca-e Il Taylor, + Ma
gle where everything IN the grncery,
provision and grain trade can hp pro-
cur d. Besides these there are a
number Of retail grocery establish
McGregoT, at all of which good
stocks Of fresh groceries eau Ice
hat. Fruit and Produce, >. IL. Wood.
OF bakery aud confectionery pS-
Establishments there ARE the follow
ing: H.. III. Ellis, underworld Il Me
Grrgor, aud +. w. kepliugpr,
where everything usually Kept IA
baking and confectionery establish
mc'It may he procured. OF drug
stores there mr." twu-AdduIuS Il
Glover au,l Hurlhui Bros. and there
wifi he no difficulty in procuring at
these place anything usually kept ut
n first class drug establishment.
There are three larg" dry goods IS.
Observation-Disclosures & MEYERS, Geo.
ID. Fngle-nng & Co l.. Herman 4
C0.,-each at whom keeps an pX-
tenIivr and varied assortment of all
articles ,ISu tlIy kept in first cas- dry
gunlS II lrpS. There are three. large
''~eauy mad clothing" hlusp---B.
Holman. Marks & Mrv"r<, Peter
Smith-all of them carry Xlrn
siv" stocks. and wholesale ,1 well Ms
retail. b. IIellnIan has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mrnt OF wholesale liquor and ci LAR
rouse there are thrpe-r. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q MaSfou,-- each
of which there j. u good stock Ia
purchase from In the furniture and
crnrkery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse & Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trtde. In the boot aud
shoe trade the stores az stephen Bon
and q. +. Thompson, ran "uutfii"
all who call upon them. with hrpnlS
anlshnrS. In iewt Try establishments
Cheyenne hoaSts twO-JnSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has u
reputation throughout the United
States AMI Europe fur excellence
Of workmanship, an | the place may
well he proud ~ il.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is II rolling prairie, well
adapted tn the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
focks of the AM" Eightps II miles
away to the west, the MptcaIf Min
ing District begins. where good cop
per and silver pres are found IN
abundance. This district i now
being developed nv citizens of Chrv-
enne, and will, M doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,OOO inhahi-
tantS. This number hoes not include
transient persons. II has Ave gnnd,
substantial church etlifirpS. a. fol-
lows: Catholic. Father MrG rIrlrfrk,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. f. w. Hi
iiard. resilient ~rlergvmpn; PrpSbv-
terrain. Rev. w. B. K Nn'l. resident
ministers; Methodist, Rev. w. F..
warren. resident ministers; Comgrt..
gatinnai, no resident minister Ct
present. There il one gu-uI pnhIi,.
school. with an average ATTENDANCE
of two hundrerI scholars. resided
over ny N. F.. Stark. ~ nrincin.r
anil Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a CONNEXIONS
comfortable two story brick pdifice
an | was erected in 1871. at n "0St of
Sl2.0S0. Th"re * also a pri
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who ha>
q nulmhnr of SmaIl srhnInrS in nthnnh