The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-24
CHEYENNE.
THE GATEWAY TO THE LAND OF GOLD.
The Great Supply Depot for the Black
Hills Mines.

Among the letters of inquiry address,
ed to the publisher of THE LEADER,
many relate to Cheyenne and its re-
sources and facilities for Quitting large
and small parties an route for the new
gold mines. Not having the time to
pen replies to these letters, we have
prepared the following statistics, which,
we think, will furnish the information
desired by our correspondents.
Cheyenne is situated at the junction
of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
railroads, and about seventeen miles
east Of the Black Hills range. There are
in town three hardware, stove and tin
stores-Draper & Hammond, Cassels &
Co., f. Schweickert-where all kinds of
mining and carpenter tools are kept for
sale; three large wholesale grocery
houses-Whipple s. Hay, Pease & Tay-
lor and E. Nagle-where everything in
the grocery, provision and grain trade
a be procured. There are also two
retail stores-Foglesong & Co. and IN
derwood & McGregor. These firms do
a large retail business, and supply min
ing parties at reasonable prices.
WAGONS, ETC.
We have in Cheyenne three first
class blacksmith and wagon shops-H.
Haas, Nealon & O'Brien, A. D. But
ler-at which a large assortment of
two, four and six-horse wagons of the
leading eastern manufacturers, can
be found.
DRY-GooDs AND CLOTHING.
There are two large dry-goods stores
Marks & Myers and o. F. Cowhick-
each Of whom keeps an extensive and
varied assortment Of all articles gen.
orally found at frst-class stores. OF
clothing houses we have-B. Hellman,
Smith, Guiterman & Harrington,
Marks & Myers and Henry Wagner
all of them carry extensive stocks, and
wholesale as we'll as retail. b. He'll
man has in connection with his cloth
ing emporium a first-class merchant
tailoring establishment.
FAMILY MEDICINE.
Liquors, cigars and wines can be
found at the wholesale depots of Col.
Seventeenth street. These firms have
a large trade, and sell at a small profit.
Messrs. Hannain g. Ryan, Ferguson
street, also deal in family medicines OF
all kinds. They are honorable gentle
men and have a large circle of Gus
toners. Geo. G. Masten carries an
immense stock Of the finest goods in
this line, both imported and domestic,
and sells at wholesale and retail.
FURNITURE, BOOTS AND SHOES, JEW
ELRY.
In the furniture and crockery line,
the extensive establishment of Con-
verse & Warren can furnish all
demands in these branches of trade.
In the boot and shoe trade, the store OF
Stephen Bon can ''outft" all who cal
upon him for boots and shoes. OF
jewelry stores we have one first-class
establishment, where native jewelry Of
the richest kinds is produced by a SET
of skilled workmen. 1t is the house o.
Joslin & Park, who have a well earned
reputation throughout the United
States and Europe for excellence OF
workmanship.
There are a number of fine hotels il
the city, among which Dyer's hotel, the
Railroad house, Metropolitan, Western
hotel, and Eagle house occupy the from
ratS. The Central house, opposite thu
p%ostofice, furnishes lodgings at a yer!
low rate.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
Guns and ammunition can be pur
chased at the lowest living rates at thu
Wyoming Armory, Freund Brothers
proprietors. They keep on hand /:
large assortment of Sharp's and Win
chester rifles, and all the latest sporting
arms.
BANKS.
Two banks of sound financial stand
ing-the ''First National" and Steb
bins, Post & Co.-attend to the want
of our merchants in the financial line
No better or safer banking houses cal
be found west of the Mississippi river.
SADDLER SHOPS.
Harness, saddlery and similar good
are supplied by G. H. & J. s. Collins an