1890s, Photo Search
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Watson at Second and Main Streets was the scene every year for many years of an All Day Dinner. According to family lore, on the day that Lavator McDonald died, his wife sent a note to the Watsons, saying “Lab’s dead, but...
1890s, Photo Search
The hanging of the Olyphant train robbers on the grounds of the new Jackson County Courthouse was one of the most exciting events in Newport in 1894. This photograph shows one of the robbers speaking his last words before being hooded and hanged. The local...
1890s, Photo Search
In what seems to have been a fairly typical afternoon outing, this boating party made an excursion up the White River in 1895. Lou Minor, the only one identified in this picture, is seated on the far right. One can only speculate about why some of the women are...
1890s, Photo Search
the Batesville and Brinkley depot at Auvergne was built in 1884 but blew away in the tornado of 1892. The tracks of the B&B which were laid from Brinkley north, reached Newport around 1890. Because of opposition from the Iron Mountain Railway, the B&B never...
1890s, Photo Search
In 1890, the Safe Deposit Bank, a private entity, was reorganized as the Bank of Newport to provide more banking services. Pictured here are E.L. Watson, founder and president (wearing the hat) and T.D. Kidman (cashier at the right); all others are unidentified. From...
1890s, Photo Search
This building originated in 1896 as the Jackson County Savings Bank and later became the First National Bank. The Newport Club occupied the second floor, and an N is discernable in this photograph on the entrance to the left of the bank window. The bank stood at...
