The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-14
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CHEEENNE As AN OUEFITTINC
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here, we propose T., answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
andatO the various points m the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is Situated at the jung
tim oil the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east or-the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land. the eIcva-
tfon of which is about 6 ,OUn feet above
the sea leveI. 4 small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (SOmp-
times called Camp CarIiul IA military
supply pDst, 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 a branch
railroad leading from ii 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are IA govern
ment wagon shop, bl tCksmith shop
and other shops, where a large mum
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
RUSSELL u fifteen company military
ENAiipOllr IOluAllilluEu ON LCli. y 10. y.
Reynolds. At present there are but
ulne companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is IA rolling prairie, wei
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
NOR q md #EilXflAF . nrnz ara fat,,,I -,
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 five good,
substantial church edifces, as fol-
Lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
teriap, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
ministers; Methodist, Rev. w. l..
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gational, no resident minister 1T
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, presided
o yer 10y n. h. Stark, as principal,
aud Misses TeunCy, McGeehOn and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cOmmodiOus;
comfortable two story brick edificp,
and was erected in 1871, at n cost Of
$4,000. There is also Il private
schapl kept by q Miss Ellis, who has
ntnutnber of small scholars in attend
ance -probabiy twenty-five.
There are in, the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusnIan and r. Schweickeft
where all name of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuSes-I.
G.Whipple, 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
mrnts-Leiby q Co., Underwood d
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-'
adjustments there are the follow
ing: ii. H. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and Z. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are tWO-AddOmS x
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 & Meyers, Geo.
d. FOglesong q Co., L. Herman &
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 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. 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
al furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. +. Thompson, can "outft"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. ~InjewcIry 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
we'll be proud of it.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
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