The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-15
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from here 10 the BlUCk Hills, and AS
TO the facilities for Quitting when
here, We propose to answer ali these
correspondents through the LEADER.
Ine distances from here To the hills
and To the various points Ju the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne l. situated at the juno
ton OF Ia" Ju.uu pucIIir' and Kansas
/ Pucihe ra]tlruJ'i-, and luguI seventeen
miles ea-i Ot the Bllck Hills range
on u hIga plateau of land, the elu>u-
ton OF wIicll j. unuUt C,UuJ ipel above
iic sra level y ~muil stream, called
Crow Creek, dow, down from this
range OF Hills aud through the vest
ern and southwestern part Of the
town auc. Cheyenne Depot Some
tiuIes called Camp GaTliuI a military
supply post, where there aye a num-
Der ui warehouses and store mouse,
iOT tHc -aiC Keeping of military anu
lndinn stores, Is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has Il branch
railroad leading from il TO the Union
Pacific. At This depot are "a govern
meHt wagon shop, blacksmith shop
and other shops, where a large num-
Der of trudesmcn find employment
in the government service. y mile
still farther ny Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. >. J.
ReXnUlds. 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 aud
tlOcks Of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Aletcaif Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are lUund IN
abundance. This district is now
being developed by c]itizgUs OF Chpy-
enne, and VIII, no doubt, prove Of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhab!-
tants. This number does NOT include
transient persons. Ii has five good,
substantial church eGiticeS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father M~cG0ldrjck,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. L. W. Hill
Hard, resilient clergyIncn; prpsby-
terrain, Rev. W. 3. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. L.
Warren. resident minister; Cougre-
g]atiunul, no resident minister TT
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, } resided
over by n. L. Stark, as principal,
and Misses penney, McGCehOu and
Bryant a. assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodiuus,
comfortable two story brick Cdiiice,
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
Sl2 200. There is also n private
school kept by Il Miss Ellis, who has
II number Of small scholars in attend
ance-probably Twenty-Five.
There are in the town two large
! TV NHrn rn EfgNrA and Hfn .fFr..4
Henry HOusman and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large Wholesale grocery hou~es-I.
G. Whipple, Pease Il Taylor, + 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
ments-LCiby ~ Co., Underwood "
McGregOT, >. II. Wood, at all of which
good stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. or bakery and confectionery
establishments thoIr are the follow
ing: ii. II. Ellis, CndcrM nuI 4 Nc
Greg0r, and +. W. krpliugpr,
where everything usually Kept IN Il
baking and confectionery establish
mcnt may be procured. or drug
stores there are twO-AGdOmS d
Ni0Fer anu iinrIDul EFoS.-al mere
VIII DC Il" uIlHcu:'S II! procuring NJ
lhese Piatg9 ahyinL"g ust&5'E hlF' AT
q aro' c'"s5 GrGE esil1llHllinent.
lihGtG are tl'S4 laIEe ny Soo'iS es-
"a oii2a,LiCii7- Ita5 Ns " III eI7, Ue".
% Ia5rb o2 whom icons an ~
tanSivn and vnr;aI a.s1rt n,art of al
articles nsnaIIv kert in 6rst CLOS Jr,,
Goods Stores. There are thrar Iorge
9~.readv made c]Iotbina1 bonsrsI-E
HelIman Marks & SfeverS peter
| Smifb-all of them carry cyfrn-
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