The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-02
caEYENNE As AN OUTFITTING
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10 the Idclll(leS lOr Oul0lltuS "llel
here, we propose t answer all these
correspondents thrOughthe LEADER.
The distances from here To HE bills
and to the various points 1n the
route have already hepu published.
Cheyenne IS situated at the june
ton OF the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific railroads, and about seventeen
miles east or the Black Hills range,
on n high plateau of land, the eleva-
tion of which is about ,OOU 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 (Snmp-
times called Camp CarIin) Il military
supply phst, where there are "a mum
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping Of military and
Indian stores, is two miles distant,
or Crow Creek, and has IA branch
railroad leading from ii To the Union
Pacific. AT this depot are II govern
ment wagon shop, bl tCksmilh shop
and other shops, where "A large num-
Der of tradesmen find employment
in n government service. a mile
still further up Crow Creek is Fort
Russell, a fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. J.. j.
Reynolds. AT present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is Il rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle aud
sheep, and covered with herds and
6Ocks Of the same. Eighteen mikes
away to the west, the MetcaIf Min
ing District begins, where good cop
Hnnr a nd gflx-nr pea arA fat,rI -,
abundance. This district is now
being developed by citizens OF Chey-
enne, and will, no doubt, prove of
great value.
Cheyenne has about 5000 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. f. w. Hill
lard, resilient clergymen; Presby-
terrain, Rev. w. b. Reed, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; COngre-
Rational, no resident minister ut
present. There is 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 assistant teachers. The
school building is Il commodious,
comfortable two story brick edificp,
and was erected in 1871, at IL cost OF
1000. There is also a private
school Kept by a Miss Ellis, who ha.
anumber Of small scholars III attend
.ance-probably twonty-hve.
There are in the town two large
Hardware, stove and tin stores
Henry Housman and f. Schwpickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter tools are for sale; three
large wholesale grocery houSes-I.
@. Whipple, Pease & Taylor, Z 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
ments-Leiby & Co., Underwood &
McGregor, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries al be
had. Fruit and Produce, 5. II. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery es-
Adjustments there are the follow
ing: II. II. Ellis, Underwood & Nc
GregOr, and L. w. Keplinger,
where everything usually keptain a
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
SAOACo lSi = u
Glover and HurIbut Bros.-and there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept at
a first class drug establishment.
There are three large dry goods es-
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers, Geo.
ID. Foglesong & Co., |. Herman &
Co.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
.tensive and varied assortment of
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
READY made clothing h~uuseS--B.
Hellman. Marks & 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 10
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 r'toutfit''
all who call upon them, with boots
and shoes. In jeYClry establish ments
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