The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-28
CHEYENNE AS AN OUTFITTING
POINT

AIOin neIe 10 the bidch HIS, anu as
to the facilities for UutfittIng when
here, we propose I answer all these
correspondents through the LEADER.
The distances from here to the hills
aud to the various points IN the.
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at the juno
ton ot the Union Picidr. and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills rangp,
on a high plateau of hand, the elpva-
tion of which IS about 6,aU1 ieeI above
the sea level. a small stream, called
Crow Greek, flows down from this
range of Hills aud through the west
ern and southwestern part of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot %(surue-
times called Camp Cariin) n military
supply past, where there are a nun
Der of warehouses aud store HOUSES
for the safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
OH Crow Creek, and has a branch
railroad leading rnm it 10 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are a govern
meut wagon shop, bl tckSmith shop
and other shops, where a large num-
bel of tradeSmeu find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Cruw Creek is Fort
Russell, "A fifteen cumpuny military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne Is IA rolling prairie, well
adapted to the Raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
hOcks nf the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the Metcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
nnr nFt AfINraIE l-a .a. E....I :.
abundance. This district Is now
being developed by citizens of Chpy-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove OF
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 inhabi-
tants. This number does not include
transient persons. Ii has five good,
substantial church ediiiceS, "a fol-
lows: Catholic, Father Mctfuldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. L. w. Hill
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. f.
Warren, resident ministers; Congre-
g%atiOnal, no resident minister at
present. There j. one good public
school, with an average attendance
OF two hundred scholars, resided
over by N. 4. Stark, NJ principal,
anu Misses Teuuey, McGephun and
Bryant AS assistant teachers. The
school building Is "A cornmudinus,
comfortable w story brick ediice,
AMI was erected in 1871, at IL cost of
S12 1000. There is also a privatp
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
II number nfsnull scholars IN attend
ance-prubahly Twenty-Five.
As all who intend going t. the
Black Hills need firearms aud ann
munition, for their protection
II to supply The cOmmiSStry de-
partment, we are ofteu asked whether
these goods can be obtained here.
We refer them to the Wyoming
Armory and Pioneer Gun Store of
Freund Bros, ON Eddy Street, who
keepa large assortment of guns, pis-
tolls and aminunitions of all kinds.
They ARE fr.t-class ~gunsmiths, and
repair firearms in the hest and most
workmanlike manner.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and +. Sch weickert
where all u of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou-es-I.
G, WhippIe, PeaSe & Taylor, Z Ma
gle where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade ran he pro-
cured. Besides these there are q
number of retail grocery establish
m"nts-Leiby x Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries can bp
had. Fruit and Produce. ). II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Establishments there are the follow
ing: FL. III. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Gregor, aud +. w. keplinger,
where everything usually kept in a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twO-AddnunS &
Glover and Hurlhut BroS.-nnd there
will he no difficulty in procuring ut
these places anything usually kept nj
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es.
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Gen.
ID. FogleSong & Co, |. Hprman.&
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive n varied assortment of all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
"ready made clothing" huuses--B.
Hellman. Marks & Meyers, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale AS well AS
retail. b. IIeilnan 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, can ''outfit"