The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-02
CHEYESNE As An UPLIFTING
POINT.

10 lllt ltNlllllto lOI bulIlllilG WlGn
here, We propose I answer ali these
correspondence through the LEADER.
& Tie distances from here 10 the hills
and To the vuripu, points Ju the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne i situated at the juHc-
ton oI the Union Prcifr and kuiieas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east OF the Black Hills range,
on Il high plateau Of land, the eiCVu-
lion of which is about & ,OUD feet above
the sea level. \ small stream, called
Crow Creek, flows down from this
range of Hills and through the west
CTu and southwestern Irtrt Of the
town site. Cheyenne Depot (snrne-
times called Camp CurIinD a military
supply post, where there are n num-
Der Ot warehouses and store houses
for The safe keeping of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
on Crow Greek, and has a branch
railroad leading from il 10 the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are Al govern
ment wagon shop, bl ,cksniih shop
and other shops, where a large mum
ter of trddesnien find employment
in the government service. 4 mile
still further up Crow Cr,eK * Fort
Russell, II fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. J.
II ynOlds. At present there are but
! nlne companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is n rolling prairie, we'll
ADAPTED to the ruIsing Of cattle and
sheep, and covered With herds and
hock5 of the same. Eighteen miles
away to The west, the Mrtcalf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
per and silver pres 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 5000 inIIahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has FIVE good,
substantial church edilireS, rs fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McGuldrick,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Iiii-
lard, resident clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. 3. Reed. resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. ". 2.
Warren, resident minister; C0ugrr-
ga%tiUnal, no resident minister It
present. There i one guud public
school, with an average attendance
Of two hundred scholars, resided
over by n. +. Sank, rs principal,
and Misses ICUn"y, McGCChOu and
Bryant rs assistant teachers. III
school building is a c0InmOdious,
comfortable two story brick ediice,
anI was erected in 1871, at II cost of
ST., 900. There is also a private
school kept by a Miss Ellis, who has
IA number of small scholars in attend
unexpectedly twenty-five.
There are in the town TWO large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry HOusnan and +. Schweickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery hOuScs-I.
{. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, + Ma
! gle where everything in the grurery,
provision and grain trade can be pro-
u e. Il. Besides these there are a
number of retail grocery establish
mruts-Leiby d Co., Underwood Il
MCGregOr, ). II. Wood, at all oi which
good stocks of fresh groceries can be
hHd. OF bakery and confectionery
establishments there are the follow
ing: ii. IL. Ellis, Underwood & Me
Greg0r, and +. W. krplimger,
where everything usually kept IN Il
baking and confectionery establish
menl may be procured. OF drug
torres there are twO-AddOmS q
Glover and Hurlhut BrOS.-nnd there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
Il first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
tablishments-Marks & Meyers, Geo.
d. Foglesong & Co, /. 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.
| IInlltnan AIAFi-s G. AIAN~nr- DAfnr
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as well as
retail. b. HelIman has in connection
with his clothing emporium, q first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
mpnt. OF Wholesale liquor ami Eigar
houses there are three-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q. MaStOn,--at each
Of which there is II good stock to
purchase from. In the furniture and
crurkery line the large and extensive
establishment of Converse e Warren
can furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. In the boot and
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
and G. f.. Thompson, can 'uuttit"
all who call upon them, with boots
udshnrS. In jrwrlry 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 he 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
t%aurant5 in the place, where meals
can he obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wagon
~hops-John N~eaIon, H. Haas, and