The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-06
oonMEBCIAL ION PRINTING
CHEYENNE A AN OUTFITTING
POINT!

correspondents nrOuE Ailt
Theedistances1rum here To the NUS
and TO the various points IN the
route have already been publiSlIrd-.
CHEYENNE is situated AZ the juno
tion OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east of the Black-HillS range,
on a high plateau Of land, the eieVa-
tion of which is about 5000 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 lSOmp-
times called Camp Carlinl IA military
supply post, where there are u mum
Der of Warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military aud
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 Icksmith shop
and other shops, where "A Large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. a mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
haAN NSAAA pAAAANo SAhAlbilCil AllEIt.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is IA rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
fOcks 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
hninp InX.alnnafI ht~ gffiy.ttg Of TI,,.
enneS and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. CThis uumber does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edificeS, as fol-
lows Catholic, Father McCfoldrfck,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
ministers; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
gationu, no resident minister st
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, presided
over by N. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodiOus,
comfortable two story brick ediice.
and was erected in 1871, at a cost of
$4,000. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
Ii number Of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-fve.
There are in the town two large
Hardware stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. ~Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houses-I.
O.. Whipple, Pease q Taylor, T. Ma
gIe-where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade cain be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
ments-Leiby q Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. H. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
adjustments there are the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
Gregor, and E. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOms 4
Glover and Hurlbut Bros.-and there
WIN 10 III uiihSuIty III procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment,
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
d. Foglesong & 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 d 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-wholesaie liquor and cigar
Gus there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G. Maston,-at each
of which there is a good stock 10
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
andshoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-JOsIIn & Park
n David Miller. The former has a
reputation throughout the United
states and Europe for excellence
o Workmanship, and the place may
well be proud of it.
mere are a number of good hotels
III the place, the principal among
Mhlch are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at anytime. There
are three blacksmith and wspon
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