The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-19
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1t is with . perhaps pard0nahl6 ~
that we take occasion to advert to
fact of the recurrence of the anniver-'
sary of the establishment of the CHEY-
ENNE LEADER. Ten years ago to-day,
the present city site was the scene of
as busy and striking q gathering of
humanity as well could be imagined.
The necessities of the GREAT UNION
Pacific, and the geographical location
Of its site bad pointed upon this place
as the future metropolis Of this region.
Adventurous spirits, mindful of this
fact, gathered in thousands. the good
and the bad, from every quarter of the
compass. The work Of building the
well-named "MAGIC CITY" vas thus
commenced, and probably no experiences
in the worlds history has seen a city of
such business proportions and stability
created In SO short a time as was this.
Unjust and unkind comments have
freely been made in our history, upon
the character of our people and the re-
gard or disregard for law and order.
When it is remembered what . wide
diversity of people here copyrighted,
the wonder is that our early experience
as a community was as law-abiding and
quiet as it was. Justice really demands
that the need of credit be accorded the
pioneers, rather than censure.
In the inception, growth and history
of Cheyenne THE LEADER claims, and
we think justly, to have borne IN ener-
getic, persistent and honorable part.
That errors have been made is 'natural.
Humanity Is prone to err. But If u
steadfast maintenance of the right, on
all public TOPICS. q jealous advocacy
of local interests, and a reliable record
of the passing events be the duty Of q
journalist, al We conceive them to be,
then do we claim to have acted well
our part, and to have fairly earned the
kindly recognition which has ever been
81 freely accorded THE LEADER.
On the 10th of September, 1867, the
press, material and stock of the paper
arrived, and were placed in quarters in
the log building on Eddy street, east
side, midway between Sixteenth and
Seyenteenth-the same afterward used
by f. A. Allen & Co., druggists-and
in three days after the first paper was
issued. 1t was a bold adventure then,
and its novelty served to attract an
eager crowd of some four hundred from
tiersmen who thronged the office and
street in front, eagerly catching up, at
a quarter each, the first copies as they
came from the press. One dollar each
was ina number of instances paid a few
days afterward for copies of the first
issue. From the beginning, under the
management Of Mr.. N. A. Baker, to
the present, under the guidance of the
latter's successor, THE LEADER has
ever kept in the van Of that noble little
army of hardy pioneers who have built
a prosperous and growing city on these
plains. 1t has shared with them the
ups and downs of frontier-life, and
with them is now on the high road tie
permanent prosperity.
To-day THE LEADEIs 1 enters its
Eleventh Year. Promises rs to the
future of the paper are superfuous.
That its course will be characterized
by the same zeal and fidelity as in the
past, is well assured in the hearts of
the people. Thankful then for your
kindly support and recognition in the
past, we hope in the future to only
receive the same as we earn it, and
also, having earned it, to receire it.
The largest railroad excursion ever
known in this section of country was
the grand Murphy excursion from
Denver, Golden and Boulder, to Gree
ley, the original temperance town of
the west, which occurred yesterday.
All the rolling stock Of the Denver
Pacific was exhausted, and the company
borrowed many cars from the Colorado