The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-10
CHEEENNE As AN UPLIFTING
POINT

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10 the faciIities Tor QUILTING when
here, We propose I answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hIIl-
and to the various points in the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne Is situated at the juno
ton UI the UnIun Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on IL high plateau OF land, The eIevu-
ton of which Is about 6,UUU ieeI above
the sea- level. A small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
ern aud sOuihw eSteFu Part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (some-
times called Camp CarIinl "A military
supply post, where there are Il mum
Der Ut warehouses and store houses
for The safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, Is TWO miles distant,
on Crow Greek, aud has "a branch
railroad leading from it 10 the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, Oi tcksmiIh shop
d 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, Il fifteen company military
garrisunr commanded by Gen. }. j.
r ynuidS. At present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is "a rolling prairie, well
auaptsd 10 the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
iOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores aFs found in
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens of Chcy-
enne, and will, mt doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tnutS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifices, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGoldrick,
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-
gutiUmal, no resident minister ut
present. There is one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. +. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehon and
! bryant as N~SlSlhIll letGEhSF5. he
school building Is a cOInmodiOus,
comfortable we story brick edifice,
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-five.
There are in the town w large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and r. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houses-I-
&. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, + Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade al be pro-
cured. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby & CO., Underwood IL
McGregor, 5. II. Wood, at all OF which
good stocks of fresh groceries "A be
had. or bakery and confectionery
establishments there are the follow
irg: III. II. Ellis. Underwood ( Me
Grrgnr, and +. w. keHlingcr,
wnere everything usually Kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
mtnt may be procured. or drug
stores there are twO-AddOInS IL
Glover and HurIhut BrOs.-hnd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
II first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Foglesong d Co, L. Herman g.
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.
Hel!man, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Snrith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale N well us
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 thrPe-T. a. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. G.. MastOu,--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 "outtit'
all who call upon them, with boots
and Shoes. 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.
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
are three blacksmith and Wagon
shops-John Nealon, II. Haas, and
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