D.W. Fawkes & Co., Druggist and General Store, Newcastle, Wyoming Territory, May 23, 1890

Newcastle, Wyoming, was established in the late 1880s when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad pushed northwest from Nebraska toward Montana. The city's population boomed, reaching 1,000 within a few years. Businesses thrived. Among the new establishments was the D.W. Fawkes & Company drug store. The proprietors, as well as being druggists, sold a variety of goods and even made milkshakes.