1910’s – Judge Coe’s Road Grader

1910’s – Judge Coe’s Road Grader

County Judge (1910-1914) Charles B. Coe stands on an early road grader his employees used to improve the roads of Jackson County.  Driving the mules is his son J. Herbert Coe.  Judge Coe made it his business to improve the roads, bridges, and highways of Jackson...
1916 – Depot in Downtown Newport

1916 – Depot in Downtown Newport

The second St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Depot in Newport was built in 1916, and it was a busy place through the 1930’s.  As roads improved and automobiles became more accessible, passenger traffic declined, but the railroads still carried most...