1890s, Photo Search
Located on the southwest corner of Front and Hazel Streets, the M.L. Cohn Company became a leading mercantile establishments in early Newport, later occupied by the Sterling Store. M.L. Cohn was closely related to the M.M. Cohn who founded the upscale clothing store...
1890s, Photo Search
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1890s, Photo Search
Built at Newport in 1890 by the Morrison-Decker Company, the steamboat A.R. Bragg was the largest boat built at Newport, displacing 162 net tons. A packet boat, it was smaller than the standard steamboat and could run further up the smaller shallower rivers. It ran...
1890s, Photo Search
In 1898, the sixth Confederate reunion was held at the site of the old town of Elizabeth, which had been a thriving river port on the White River and the seat of Jackson County in the 1840’s. The reunions were held at Camp Pat Cleburne, named for the...
1890s, Photo Search
Company F, the 2nd Arkansas Volunteers, fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898. This photograph was taken at Camp Chickamauga. Watson, Tim, and Elizabeth Jacoway. Newport and Jackson County. Arcadia Publishing, 2016
1890s, Photo Search
Ada E. Remmel organized the Junior League of Newport in 1898, with the assistance of Rev. N.B. Ricks, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Among the girls are Misses Phillips, Erwin, Lindsey, Ross, Ross, Irby, Maud Richardson, Birdie Bains (or Barns),...
