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

10 the facilities for uuttittIng when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
and To the vhriOus points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne i situated at the juno
ton or the Union Pucifi'' and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
an a high plateau of land, the elevu-
tion of which is about 6 ,UUO feet above
the sea level. a 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 tSomc-
times called Camp CarIinl a military
supply pnst, where there are Il mum
her of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, aud has IA branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl ickSmiih shop
and other shops, where a large num-
her of trudesmen fiud employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Cruw Greek is Fort
Russell, IA fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j..
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There nre in the town two large
Hard ware, stove and tin stores-
Henry HOusman and f.. Sch weickert
where nil name of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houSes-I.
&. Whipple, Pea~c q Taylor, T. Ma
gle where everything ia the grocery,
provision aud grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these Their, are a
number of retail grDcrry establish
mrnts-Leihy * Co., Underwood &
MEG regur, at AL of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, >. IL. Wood.
OF bakery aud confectionery ps-
adjustments there are the follow
ing: ii. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregur, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually Kept in II
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are two-Addoms d.
Glover and I1urlbut BroS.-and there
VIII be no difficulty in procuring mt
these places anything usually kept at
n first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. FogleSOng * Co, |. Herman d
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" huuseS--B.
Holman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. Ilellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, Il 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 Il 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. Z. Thompson, can "outfit"
all who call upon them, with boots
andshoes. 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 it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver pres 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 McGnldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. F. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-,
terrain, Rev, w. B. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
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
over by N. E. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodious,
comfortable two story brick edifce.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
= number of small scholars in attend
Ahce-probahly twenty-five.
AS all who intend going to the
black Hills need firearms and am
Inuhltlon, for their own protection
anu 10 supply the cummissary de-
partment, we are often asked whether
tneSe goods can be obtained here.
we refer thnm .to tho NWunpoipn