The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-18
CHRxsNNE As AN OUrFTrTING
POINT!

AldhAA1 ~ W III uATAaAANI
from here to the Black Hills, and as
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and to the various points On the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the JUNG
ton OF the Union Pncifi" and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the elevu-
tion of which Is about q ,dUU feet above
the sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills add through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot tSOmr-
times called Camp Carlin) n military
supply p,st, where there are a mum
Der of warehouses aud store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, Is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has II branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmiih shop
and other shops, where a large num-
Der of tradesInen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, u fifteen company military
garrison, commanded 10y 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 of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
fiocks 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-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edificeS, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
pastor /; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. Il. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. l..
Warren, resident minister; Congrc-
gational, no resident minister at
present There is one good public
school, with nm average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. Il. Stark, Ms principal,
and Misses Tenuey, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is Il cummUdinus,
conf Portable two story brick cditicp,
and was erected in 1871, at II cost of
$12, 0OO. There is also a private
school kept hy a Miss Ellis, who has
u number of small scholars M attend
ance-probably Twenty-Five.
HNhnHn ,,rn e., fIA t,,,rp 49,, I,r.-,
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and f. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houses-I.
G. Whipple, Pease d Taylor, Il 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
m-nts-Leiby Il Co., Underwood &
McGregor, Mt all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. ii. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: III. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
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 &
Glover and Hurlbut Bros. and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Gen.
ID. Foglesong & Co., l. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps nm X
knnCixHa on1 x,nria1 n-cArfn.nrt 81 Ill
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
''ready made clothing" hDuseS--B.
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well rs
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 thFPe-T. a. Kent,
L.. Murrin, Geo. Ct. 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 the stores of Stephen Bon
and G.. E. Thompson, can ~''outft,'
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In iewelry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JoSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has n
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, an | the place may
well 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