1973 – Mary Woods 2

1973 – Mary Woods 2

In 1967, the Potlatch Lumber Company donated the Mary Woods No. 2, a working paddle wheeler tugboat, to Jacksonport State Park. The boat then underwent major renovations and was refurbished to look like a steamboat of the 1860’s. Here, it sits close to its berth...
White River Monster

White River Monster

The “White River Monster” was a legendary creature reportedly sighted many times in the river close to Newport. This 230-pound eight-foot gar and his brethren may have been the source of that legend. The note on the postcard claims that fisherman in the...
1973 – Jacksonport Round the Bend

1973 – Jacksonport Round the Bend

Lady Elizabeth Luker, center, poses as a Southern Belle for the 1973 Arkansas Educational Television special titled Jacksonport Round the Bend. On her left are Luckett McDonald Martin, left, and Cindy Hodges (later Burns), and on the steps below is Ann Price Ashley....
1971 – Ronald Oliver Scharnberg

1971 – Ronald Oliver Scharnberg

US Army major Ronald Oliver Scharnberg was a Green Beret whose helicopter crashed in March 1971 in Vietnam, killing all aboard. Major Scharnberg of Newport, a career soldier, did his duty for his country. He was killed while serving his third voluntary tour of duty in...
1970 – Homecoming Royalty

1970 – Homecoming Royalty

The homecoming court in 1970 demonstrates that integration was very much a fact of life in Jackson County public schools by the end of the 1960’s. (Courtesy of Jane Parnell.)