The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-09
cHEYBaNE As AN OUGFErrINO
POINT!

-. DClhE NhiAN w 'tNNllN w -
making inquiry ~ to the distance
from here tn the Black Hills. aud "a
70 the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here iu the hills
and to the v~arinuS points IN the
route have already heen published.
Cheyenne is situated AT tile june
tian oi the Uniuu Ptcifi' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, aud about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills rnngc,
m a high plateau of land, the eteNi-
lion of which is about 6 ,u01 g = above
The sea level. A small STRAIN, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern and southwestern part nj the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (Snnuc-
times called Ctrup Cariinl II military
supply post, where there are Il nun.
ber of warehouses and store luuStS
for the safe Keeping of military aud
Indian stores, Is iva miles diS ant,
on Crow Crrek, aud has II hrhucn
railroad lending frum il Ia the Uuiun
Pacific. AT this depot are II govern.
ment wagon shop, hi rkSnilh shop
and other shops, wherr u large mum
Iper of tradesmeu find ctupIuy mrut
in the government service. y mile
still further up Cruw Gre i Fort
Russell, u fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. j. j
Reynolds. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There ure In the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. SrhweickCrt
where MI u of mining Tools
and %citrpruter tools are Tor sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou-eS-l.
G. Whippie, Pca~r Il Taylor, l. Mt
gle where everything in he Grurery,
provision aud grain trade can hr pro-
cured. Besides these there arr Il
number of retail grocery establish
mruts-Leihy * Co.. Underwood *
McGregOr, at all of which gund
stocks of fresh groceries ritu hr
had. Fruit and Produce, -. Ii. Who'd.
OF bakery aud confectionery e.
Establishments there are the follow
lag: III. III. Ellis, Underwood Il NJ
Grega-, and l.. w. EpplIugrr,
where everything usually Kept IN II
baking and confectionery establish
meut may he procured. Of drug
stores there are twn-AdlnnS d
Glover and Hurlhui Bros. aud there
will he no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry gup,I- Is
Observation-Disclosures e. Meyers, Grn.
ID. FngIpSung & Co, |. Hermann &
Cu.,-etch of whom keeps an OK
tensivr and varied assortment al ait
articles Usually Kept in first cinS~ dry
goods stores. There are three Idrg,
ready made cInthiug'' hnuse---B.
Holman Marks & Meyers, Peter
Siuith-ail of them carry extern.
sivr stOrkS, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. IIellman has ia connection
with his clothing emporium, Il first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
meut. or wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpp-T. A. Kent,
L.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MaSrou, at each
OF which there il Il guul stock To
purchase from. In the furniture aud
cruckery line the large aud extensive
establishment of Converse < Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. L. Thompson, can ''"utfit"
all whO call upon them. with hnni-
anlshocS. In jrwrlry establishments
Cheyenne hoaStS two-JnSlin & Park
Aud David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an | the place may
we'll be proud nf it.
The country for miles arnunI
Cheyenne Is II rolling prairie, well
adapted to the Raising uf cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
focks of the anne EightP'n miles
! away to the west, the MptcaIf Min
ing District begins, where guod cop
per and silver ores are found III
abundance. This district i now
being developed bv citizens of Chry-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 3,nn0 inrahi-
tantS. This number does not inrluh"
transient persons. II has Eve gnnd,
substantial church e6ifirpS. aS frl-
lows: Catholic, Father MrGrtlrirk,
pastor; Episcopal. Rev. F. w. I'LL
lard, resident clergvmpn; PreShy-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Khrpl, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident ministers; Congre-
gationaI, M resident minister ~
present. There il one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over ny n. f. Stark, ~ principal.
AMI Misses Tennry, McGephon and
Bryant a. observation-disclosures. The
school building r a cnmmodinus.
cnmfnrtableTM O story brick ediicP
AMI vas ereueD in 1871. at ii roS Of
Sl2,0s0. Thffe is also q privat"
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who ha-
II number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
Black Hills need firearms and am
munition, for their own %nrntprtinn
n 10 supply the cnmmiSSArv de
partmant, we are often aske,l whether
these gooiS can be obtained here.