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From the Leonard Cash
Collection
Hannah Gross
NLJ Correspondent
With Leonard Cash
In this week’s installment of
“History on Main,” local his-
torian Leonard Cash continues
to travel down memory lane to
paint a picture of our historic
Main Street by pulling out his
records on lot 8 of block 10 on
Warren Avenue, after finishing
up lot 7, which once housed the
Hested Stores Co.
The first article in Cash’s
records is from the July 30,
1890, issue of the Newcastle
News, which reported that
D.W. Faukes of Sundance was
moving his drug store to lot
9 in Newcastle. By the end
of the year, James O’Becker
was opening a business next
to Faukes’ property. The Dec.
19, 1890, issue announced that
O’Becker, who had been in
the livery business for the past
year, “has severed his connec-
tion with Holly in the old busi-
ness and will open a first-class
restaurant in D.W. Faukes and
Co. building.”
Jumping a decade ahead
thrqu the newspapers to an
artie'ené'from then!” 1
Newcastle News Journal, we
see a repbrt that a bank was to
be opened in Evan’s Pharmacy
on Dec. 18 on lot 11. According
to Cash, this pharmaceutical
shop was located near the
present-day Strawberry Patch
Quilt shop or “right in that
area,” but he’s including the
history here because eventu-
ally the bank moved to lot 8.
Jacob Fahendrich and William
McCrea were two of the major
advocates for the bank, and the
article reported that the com-
munity showed interest.
“The growing business in
every line of trade in Weston
county in these good days
of republican rule seems to
demand another institution of
this kind and the citizens herein
0v. ‘7,’ ‘1902’,’
mentioned have seen fit to take
matters in hand and push the
enterprise to be a successful
end,” the article says.
The Stock Growers and
Merchant Co. opened its doors
on Monday, according to the
Jan. 2, 1903, paper, and the
opening was “most satisfactory,
and in fact the business thus
far has been much greater than
they had expected.”
Evidently, that
received excessive 1 rain because
.theJan. 30, 1903, issue s’ays that
“a ferry boat should be placed
on the crossing between the
Stockgrowers Bank and Geo.
& Bob, so the pedestrians can
cross the street in wet weather.”
Although not a boat, the bank
did receive an improvement by
Feb. 6, 1903. The institution
was supplied with beautiful new
curtains with the business name
printed on it in gold letters.
The following year, the
bank sent out “beautiful calen-
dars” to patrons for the year of
1904, according to the Jan. 4,
1904, paper.
An advertisement from July
7, 1905, announced that the
basement under Stock Growers,
which had two “dwelling
houses” was available for rent.
Inquiries could be made to C.J.
month
Fahendrich.
On Oct. 13, 1905, the
Newcastle News Journal
announced that a contract was let
for the excavation of a two-story
brick building and a basement to
be erected by W.J. McCrea next
to the D.W. Faukes building on
lot 8 for the new bank. It was to
be the same size as the Elk Drug
Store on lot 9 (which Cash said
he would cover in more detail in
the next series). The article said
chat the upper story was to most
likely be used for apartments.
“When completed the
building will be a good one and
means the outlays of many thou-
sand dollars to Mr. McCrea,” the
paper reported.
Contractors Hart and
Harlow completed the cellar,
according to the Oct. 20, 1905,
newspaper. The following issue
noted that material for the foun-
dation was being hauled.
Work was “vigorously
pushed” toward completion,
reported the Nov. 10, 1905,
edition. By Nov. 17, the foun-
dation was complete and the
bricklaying commenced about
a week later.
The work on the walls of the
new bank was “moving along
nicely,” according to an article
from Dec. 8, 1905. As work
progressed, the “beauty” of the
building was “apparent,” the
following issue says.
“When completed it will be
one of the finest if not the. finest
looking building in the city,” the
article says.
By Jan. 5, 1906, the brick
work was complete, and the
carpenter started working on the
interior. A few weeks later, the
post on the fiont was unmasked
and revealed the potential beauty
the «building was going to have,
the ’paper reported.
On Feb. 23, 1906, the paper
announced that Stock Growers
finally moved into the new
building, which was “very nice
and conveniently arranged.”
“The new building is built
especially for banking pur-
poses and being fitted up with
an eye to the convenienCe of
the business in all that a bank
could desire,” the March 9,
1906, paper says. “It is one of
the pleasantest business houses
in town.”
The article raved that the
new building was “attractive to
the eye.” That summer, Stock
Growers decided to partner
with and work in “harmony”
with the First National Bank, its
competitor in town, according
to the June 22, 1906, issue.
Arrangements were being made
by men from Crook and Weston
counties to possibly construct a
bank in Moorcrofi.
By June 29, 1906, the
Cheyenne Tribune reported that
“articles of incorporation have
been filled in the office of the
Secretary of State of the Bank
of Moorcrofl with a capital
of $10,000.”
Carpenters were busily
engaged in fitting up the new
bank building in Newcastle,
according to the Aug. 24, 1906,
local paper.
On Sept. 16, 1908, the paper
announced that First National
Bank consummated the purchase
of the capital stock of Stock
Growers and Merchant Bank
and moved into the “splendid”
home of Stock Growers, “where
the confined business of the
latter institution will be closed.”
“This will be enabled to
handle larger deals and hence be
of added benefit to the general
business of the community,”
the article says. “One pleasing
feature of the transaction is that
Newcastle and Weston County
will not lose any of the men who
formed the Stock Growers and
Merchants bank as they all have
other interests. (W)e under-
stand that the desire on the part
Photo courtesy of Ann Miller Museum
Records from the late 19th century and early 20th century indicate that the
buildings on Newcastle’s Main Street, pictured here, at times housed a
phar-
macy, a livery, a bank, and a merchant.
of the majority stockholders to
more closely confine attention
to their main interest is what
prompted the sale.”
The July 5, 1907, issue
reported that Charles Dow put
a new coat of dark paint on
the bank.
According to the
Miscellaneous Record Deed
Book 2, page 119 from the
courthouse files, the bank was
handed over to Mary McCrea
in September of 1911 when
William McCrea passed away.
Around the same time, the
courthouse files report that an
agreement was made between
McCrea and the Fawkes of lot 9,
which was still a drug store, for
“a party wall agreement for two
buildings.”
McCrea held on to the
building until May 24, 1920 (she
leased it to ER Coyle around
1919) when she sold it to Mayor
Pete Kinney, according to the
courthouse files from page 447
of Warranty Deed Record Book
13 and newspaper records from
May 27, 1920.
Little information is avail-
able for the 19205 regarding the
former bank building, so Cash
will pick up the story next with
the 19305 when the jewelry and
beauty shop moved in.
Obituaries from page...
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was our family handyman. He would
help wherever needed, even over the
phone. Jim never met a stranger and
had the ability to make fiiends wher-
ever he went.”
Jim was preceded in death by
his parents; his brother, Chuck; and
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his three sisters, Betty, Esther and
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Newcastle; daughters, Brenda, Barrie
and Brittany; son, Brandon (Alyssa);
Grayson and Gavin;
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of Rapid City, S.D.; brother, John
(Bertie), Casper, Wyo.; sisters, Ruthie
Norris of Payson, Ariz., Lois Mirich
of Lingle, Wyo., Martha Rich of
Newcastle, and Sarah (John) Wolf of
Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters-in-law, Evelyn
Shields of Arlington, Texas, Ann Rich
of Douglas, Wyo., Marilyn Wright of
Newcastle, and Brenda (Al) Costello
of Newcastle; brothers-in-law, Terry
(Barrett) Rich; Dick (Bonnie) Rich,
all of Newcastle;
nieces and nephews, along with a
host of friends.
and numerous
A memorial has been established
to Weston County Senior Services for
the purchase of a player piano so that
Jim’s music will live on.
Due to the COVlD pandemic, a
Celebration of Life service will be
held at a later date.
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