The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-19
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
CREYENNE As AN OUrFIrTING
POINT!

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making inquiry as to the distance
from here to the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for outfitting when
here, we propose t. answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hlllS
and to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
lCheyenneis situated at the june
ton N the Union Puciiir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau Of land, the eleva-
tion of which is about 6,GOO feei above
the sea level. \ small stream, called
Grow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tsOme-
times called Camp Carlinl "A military
supply post, where there are a mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is we miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has "A branch
railroad leading from it TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, blacksmith shop
and other shops, where a large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
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still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a 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 IA rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising ut 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, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tauts. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has Eve good,
substantial church cdihces, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hil-
lard, resident clergymen Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
ministers Methodist, Rev. w. F..
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gatiOnal, no resident minister st
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, resided
Over by y. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tcnney, McGcehon and
Bryant rs assistant teachers. The
school building is a cOmmOdiOus,
comfortable two story brick ediicP,
and was erected in 1871, at n cost OF
Sl2, 600. There is alsn a private
school kept by r Miss Ellis, who has
II number Of small scholars in attend
ance-probabIy twenty-five.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry H"Ousnlun and +. Schwcickurt
Where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuses-I.
&. Whipple, Pease 4 Taylor, L Ma
gle where everything i'm the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby q 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 L. w. keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are tWO-AddOmS 4
Glover and Hurlbut 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 d Meyers, Geo.
LNn~lA-l,I. & ~ Q
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" houses--B.
Hellman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. Hellman has i'm connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there r three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. Maston,--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 and
shoe trade.th stores of Stephen Bon
and G. f. Thompson, can "outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. 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, and the place may
well be proud OF il.
There are a number of good hotels
in h place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res