The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-17
CHEYEsNR As AN UPLIFTING
POINT

from mere 10 the DidCh I1lllSs anu hS
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose t 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 al the june
ton of the Union Pacifir and Kansas
Pacific railroads, aud about seventeen
miles east of the Black Hills range,
on a high plateau of land, the eleva-
ton of which Is about 6 900 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 (some-
times called Camp Carlin) n military
supply post, where there are II mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Creek, and has a branch
railroad leading from 1t TO the Union
Pacific. At this depot are a govern
ment wagon shop, bl icksmith shop
and other shops, where n large nun-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. A mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, u 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 "A rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
f1ocks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver ores are found IN
abundance. This district is now
being developedby 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 edifice5, as fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuldrick,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. L. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terian, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident minister; Congre-
g%ational, no resident minister at
present. There j. II good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. Z. Stark, AS principal,
and Misses Tenney, McGerhUn and
Bryant rs assistant teachers. The
school building is II commodious,
comfortable two story brick pdificp,
and was erected in 1871, at IA cost of
$4,000. Thare is also Il private
school kept 10y Miss Ellis, who has
II number of small scholars III attend
ance-probably twenty-tivP.
There are in the own 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.
G. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, l. 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
mrnts-Leiby d CO., Underwood &
McGregor, Mt all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can be
had. Fruit and Produce, ). II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, and +. w. KepIinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddOms &
Glover and HurIbut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
n 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 AZ eX-
tensive and varied assortment Of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
t'ready made cIothing' houses--B.
Hellman. Marks q 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 wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
L.. Murrin, Geo. G.. 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, "a "outit"
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, AMI 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