The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-31
CHEXEHNE A. AN UPLIFTING
POINT

POINT
Being daily in receipt Of Letters
making inquiry as To the distance
from here To- the Black Hills, aud rs
10 the facilities for uuifUlng when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondence through tn" LEADER.
The distances from here to HE hills
and to the Various points IN the
route have ulr,udy been published.
tneECtnr j. situated at tie june
tiun al The Jutun Plr,G' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, aud abuul seventeen
miles cast Of the Black lIuI~ range,
VA a nigh plateau Of land, the eiCNa-
ton OF which j. about 6 600 lrcI above
thu sea- level. \ small stream, vaIh.I
Crow CTcCH, flaws down from this
range of Hills and through the west
CrH and sUuIhW cetcru part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot lSlmp-
times called Camp Curliu) military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der uI Warehouses uul SNuFp huE-t-~
iuI the ~u:" keeping Of military aud
Indian Stones. l. IWO uriir- distant,
on Grow Creek, and has u hrluvn
railroad leading from il To the Union
Pacific. At this depot are = govern
ment wagon shop, hi lrk~mi.h shop
and other shops, where "a large NUM-
Ter Of lrude~nrpn fad employment
IN the government service. \ mile
still further up Crow CrtCE is Fort
Russell, a fifteen cuH:p1uy military
garrison, commanded by Cen. }. J.
K ynnd-. Al present there are but
nine Companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne j. a Ruling pr.iHc, well
adapted to the raising OF cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
ilICks al the same. Eighteen miles
AWAY To the west the Mrtcaif Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found ia
abundance. This district - now
Heiug developed hy citizens of Chrv-
Unne, and VIII, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has-abaHt 1880 inhahi-
taut~. THIS number does nBt include
tran-ient persons. Ii lms five good,
substantial church cdiilcps, a fil-
lows: Catholic, FtIhpr M~ctipllrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hi
IE1rd, rrsitirnl clergy men; Prcsby-
terrain, Rev. W. B. Hrcd, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. W. +.
NHrr'u, resident u.iut-.rr; Cougrp-
~gnt!uu@i, no r,sIa.E.t minister It
prp-rut- There j. one guutl. public
~rh""i, with uu a,,sauc attendance
- '"' i'v. ',.".' T'l"'HI~, resided
n, 10y y. l.. stark, Is pr,ucfuaI,
and MI-.r- Iru'.N. NrGcrn3n and
Bryant SIS a.~i-ianI lrurh,rS. rnr
Sch0Ul binding Is II rmuurdiuus,
Comfortable two story brirk u%jlIicc.
auI VAS erected IN 1871. al a yu-i Of
9i-'O"O' lh"r' Is Also n privut"
sciI'"i hePt ~ a MISS Edi~, VINO ma
% iiu'i'"et ~ sihiui III ter
y G-pr""'niN twenty-five.
"t'o are IN III" Town TWO large
itai''Nare' StnV" ana I'm stores
'irnTE ~il"uNhiih y i. SchwcIcIicrl
where M MANNER 81 mining tools
ah" carpenter i"n'S are Tor sal. three
|"EI Mhp!"-4te grocery hnuSes-l.
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Mn "' Il" ''Iih'uiIN IN procuring at
,''St places ah! mig usually kept at
~ +, ms ''",S drug ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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