The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-11
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
or EyERr KIM
CHRYEaNE As AN OUrFIFTING
POINT

lTOlh itIt W llC Dldih llAll1s anu Is
to the facilities for Quitting when
here, we propose [ answer all these
correspondence through the LEADER.
The distances from here To the hiil@
and 10 the various pOints IN the
route have already been published.
Cheyenne is situated at The june
ton Oi the Union Pacific 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 feel 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 (Somp-
times called Camp Cartin) a military
supply post, where there are a num-
Der of warehouses and store houses
for the safe keeping of military aud
Indian stores, is two miles DIS ant,
on Crow Creek, aud hats n branch
railroad leading from il Ia the Union
Pacific. At this depot are n cavern
ment wagon shop, hi icksmiih shop
and other shops, where u large nun
Der of tradesmen find employment
in the government service. y mile
still further up Crow Or, eK is Fort
Russell, "A fifteen company military
garrison, commanded by Gen. }. j..
Reynolds. at present there are but
nine companies stationed there.
There are in the town two large
Hardware. stove and tin stores
Henry Housmnn and +. Schwpickert
where all manner of mining tools
and carpenter toulS are fur sale; three
large wholesale grocery hou~es-I.
G.. Whippie, Pease & Taylor, l. Ma
gle-where everything in the grocery,
provision and grain trade can he pro-
cured. Besides these there are Il
number of retail grocery establish
mrnts-Leiby d Co., Underwood IL
McGregOr, at all of which good
stocks of fresh groceries eau he
had. Fruit aud Produce, =. IL. Wood.
OF bakery and confectionery pS-
Establishments there ARE the follow
ing: II. H. Ellis, Under wudd d Me-
Gregor, and +. w. Eeplinger,
where everything usually kept ia Il
baking and confectionery establish
ment may be procured. OF drug
stores there are twn-AildouIs x
Glover and Hnrlhut Bro%.-aud there
will be no difficulty in procuring at
these places anything usually kept ut
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There are three large dry gnud- IS.
Observation-Disclosures & Meyers. Geo.
ID. Fugle@ong & Co. |. Herman &
CO.,-each of whom keeps an eX-
tensive and varied assortment ui all
articles usually kept in first class dry
goods stores. There are three large
ready made clothing" hnuseS--B.
Holman, Marks & Mry"r4, Peter
Smith-all of them carry extern
sive stocks, and wholesale as We'll ns
retail. b. Hellnan has in connection
with his cluthing emporium, a first
class Merchant Tailoring establish
ment. OF wholesale liquor and cigar
houses there are thrpe-T. A. Kent,
l.. Murrin, Geo. q. MaStnu, -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
IA furnish all demands on these
branches of trade. lin the boot aud
shoe trade the stores of Stephen Bon
aud O.. +. Thompson, can ''uultit"
all who call upon them. with boots
AMI shoes. In jewulry establishments
Cheyenne boasts twn-JoSlIn & Park
and David Miller. The former has II
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence
of workmanship, AMI the place may
well be proud nf it.
The country for miles around
Cheyenne is a rolling prairie, well
adapted to the raising of cattle and
sheep, and covered with herds and
flOcks of the same. Eighteen miles
away to the west, the MptcaIf 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 5000 inhahi-
tantS. This number does not include
transient persons. 1t has five good,
substantial church edifireS. a. fol-
lows: Catholic, Father McG"ldrirk,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. +. w. Hill
lard. resident clergvmen; Prpsby-
terrain, Rev. w. B. X Aph, resident
minister; Methodist, Rev. w. F.
Warren, resident minister; Cnngrr-
gationaL, no resident minister st
present. There Il one good public
school, with an average attendance
of two hundred scholars, resided
ove by N. F.. Stark, ~ PRINCIPAL.
anil Misses Tenuey, McGeehon aud
Bryant as assistant teachers. The
school building is a commodinus.
comfortable two story brick edifcp.
and was erected in 1871. at a roSi of
Sl2 ,0o0. There Is also q private
school kept by n Miss Ellis, who ha-
a number of small scholars in attend
ance-probably twenty-five.
As all who intend going tn the
Black Hills need firearms and am.
munition, for their own protection
ana to supply the eommiSSarv de-
partment, We are often asker1 whether
tnese goods can he obtainod here.
we refer them to the Wyoming