The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-14
TUESDAY, MARCH IA. 1876.
THE INTER OCEAN ON THE ROUTES
TO THE BLACK HILL.

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This great new paper has often put
Cheyenne people under many obli-
cations for its fair discussion of the
Black Hills question, but especially
for its recent article on the several
routes leading to the Hills, ii deserves
due recognition at our hands. Mr.
Mcmillan, the Inter Ocean CORE
spondent, now en- route to the Hills,
writes as follows from Cheyenne
after giving the distances from all
the leading points to Custer City, be
says of the Cheyenne route:
This, it will be seen, is the shortest
route to the Black Hills. The road
from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie is
through a country over which ranches
are dotted every few miles. The tel
egraph line follows it through to the
post. The road is government one,
and is the highway for the transpor-
tation of troops and supplies from
Cheyenne and Fort d. A. Russell to
Forts Laramie and Fetterman. and
at present is the line used by the
mail coach from here to the Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies.
The streams Of the southern end Of
the route come every few miles, and
the ranchmen keep their latchstrings
always on the outside. At Fort
Laramie the Laramie River i~s.crossed
on a fine timber bridge, constructed
several years ago. The North Platte
salso SPAWNED by an excellent bridge,
which was built over the stream last
summer. A not unimportant Sec
ondary Quitting point is the fort it.
self. Mr.. John S. Collins, the post.
trader, has just completed a hotel,
"The Rustic and his storehouse
and larder are we'll supplied with all
the necessaries, and not a mean pick
ing of the luxuries, of life, of which
the Black Hills traveller can avail
himself, mayhap he has neglected to
pack his chest full when he leaves the
rail for the trail. The streams from
this post to the South Cheyenne and
into Pleasant Valley are numerous,
andare crossed by the road over which
the miner will travel. An abundance
of wood for the comfort and conve-
nience of man will everywhere be
found within easy marches, and grass
for the stock is never awanting. A
few miles beyond the camp on the
Running Water, and within eyeshot
of Fertilization Hill, the guide-board
erected by Capt. Pollock will be dis
covered, and the shortcut to the hills
lies before the miner. The road leads
from the South Cheyenne to Pleasant
Valley, and ninemiles further Custer
city is described, and you are in the
southern part of the Harvey Peak
gold-feld.
Permit me a word on the cost and
means of transportation from Chi
cago to Omaha, and from there to
Cheyenne and the Black Hills. The
rates on the Northwestern Railroad
from Chicago to Omaha are, third
class, S14.50, which includes baggage,
and | do not doubt but that that cor
poration, with it's accustomed liberal
ity, as well as the other roads west
from Chicago to the Missouri, will
give the Black Hills traveller space
for all the outfit within bounds which
he may choose to select. / also am
able, by the kindness of Mr.. Kim
ball, of the Union Pacific Railroad,
to present the rates for which that
line will transport miners from Oma-
ha to Sidney and Cheyenne:
Omaha to Sidney regular fare $22.15
Omaha to Sidney, special
rates to Black Hills, list class. S21 90
Omaha to Sidney, special
rates to Black Hills, End class. ST.. 90
Omaha to Sidney, special
rates to Black Hills, Bird class. $1,000
Omaha to Cheyenne, regular
fare, first class. $3I. 90
Omaha to Cheyenne, regular
fare, second class. S24.OO
Omaha to Cheyenne, special
Black Hills fare, first class S25.OO
Omaha to Cheyenne, special
Black Hills fare second class. 5000
Omaha to Cheyenne, special
Black Hills fare, third class. $500
These rates on the Union Pacific
Road took effect March 1, and will
be Of especial interest to these east
of Omaha that intend going to the
1t is but two days ride from
Chicago to Cheyenne, the distance
being about l,016 miles. As yet
there Ia, my most reliable informants
assure me, no etsgo line running from
any point and making regular month
~, semi-monthly, weekly, semi-week-
ly, or daily trips 70 the Black Hills,
This must nQt; be mis6nderstood, ani
should not be niisinterpreted by thos
wh6mighs4desire 70 better one Plan
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