Webel Mercantile Company
Item Metadata
Title
Webel Mercantile Company
Access Rights
The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source.
Date Created
Undated
Subject
Casper (Inhabited place)
Description
Photograph of the Webel Mercantile Company building. According to Wyoming Tales and Trails, "Metcalf & Williams, a drygoods store, was reputedly the first commercial building in Casper. It was establish by George W. Metcalf who moved to Casper from Ft. Fetterman where he had operated a similar business. After relocation, Metcalf and C. C. P. Webel became partners and the business was re-named as the Webel Mercantile Company." The Frances Seely Webb Collection contains over 1,400 photographs, correspondence, handwritten research notes, the proof copy of Webb's book, Casper's First Homes, and a series of scrapbooks. Materials documents Casper buildings, cultural institutions, homes, and society from 1890-1978. Also included are photographs of individuals and groups visually documenting Casper society. In addition are items originally collected by Boney Earnest, a frontiersman and former member of the Natrona County Historical Society. Subjects documented in Webb’s correspondence, notebooks, and scrapbooks include things related to her ongoing research, obituaries, Casper and Natrona County homes, businesses, and cultural institutions.
Type
Image
Creator
Frances Seely Webb
Is Part Of
Frances Seely Webb Collection, NCA 01.v.1985.02 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
NCA 01.v.1985.02_Webel Mercantile Company
Format
JPG
Publisher
Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)
Original Format
Photographic print
Collection
Citation
Frances Seely Webb, “Webel Mercantile Company,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed May 9, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/1281.