The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-13
CHEYENNE Is AN oUTFITTING
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frUm here 10 the Black Hills, and as
TO the facilities tor Quitting when
here, we propose { answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances FROM here to the hills
Ii to the various points IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne Is situated at the Juno
ton 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 eleVa-
ton of which IS about 1000 feet above
tie sea level. A small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the vest
ern and southwestern part Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (sone-
times called Camp CarIin) "A military
supply post, where there are "A num-
Der Ut warehouses and store houses
for the saie Keeping of military and
Indian stores, Is Two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has "A branch
railroad leading from it TO the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl tcksmith shop
and other shops, where n large mum
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. A mile
| still further up Crow Greek is Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. At present there are but
! nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
! Cheyenne is u rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hucks 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 1900 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, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. Reed, rel lent
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; EOngre-
gatiunal, no resident minister at
present. There is one good public
school, with IN average attendance
of two hundred scholars, presided
ove by n. L. Stark, as principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGeehOn and
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a cOmmodiOus,
comfortable two story brick ediiice.
and Was erected in 1871, al IA cost Of
$4,000. There is also n 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 f. Schweickert
where all manne of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large Wholesale grocery hOuSeS-I.
G. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, l. MAJ
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
cured. Besides these there + q
number of retail grocery establish
mrntS-Leiby q Co.. Underwood d
McGregOr, y H. Wood, at all of which
good stocks of fresh groceries II be
had. OF bakery and confectionery
establishments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood & Me-
GregOr, and +. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
mrnt may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOmS q
Glover and Hurlbut BroS.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring al
these places anything usually kept al
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Foglesong & Co, /. Herman 4
Co.,-each of whom keeps an ex-
tensive and varied assortment % al
| =, rtf.In, E,-.,,IIxr bout In Grsf nlnSg .lrN
goods stores. There are three large
"reauy made clothing' houses--B,
Heilman, Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry exten-
sive stocks, and wholesale as well rs
retail. B. Hellman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish,
mpnt. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. a. Kent,
l.. Mtrrin, Geo. g. MastOn,--at each
of which there is a good stock tC
purchase from. In the furniture and
crockery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse d Warren
can furnish all demands IN these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen BOT
and G.. f. Thompson, can outfit
all-who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jewclry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twO-Josim & Park
and David Miller. The former has g
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 hotel
in the place, the principal amonl
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meal
can be obtained at any time. Their
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