1920s
The L.W. Moon home was perhaps the most intriguing of the many fine homes that Swifton’s farmers and merchants built for their families. (Courtesy of Ray Hanley.)
1920s
Best friends Lady Elizabeth Watson (later Luker) , left, and Clare Phillips (later Dowell) graduated from Newport High School in 1928. Lady then spent a year at Miss Madeira’s School in Washington, DC, in preparation for college at Wellesley. Clare attended...
1920s
In the southern part of Jackson County, the white children of Weldon attended school in this wood-frame schoolhouse through the first half of the 20th century. Small rural schools like this one dotted the countryside all over the county. School consolidation later...
1920s
Members of the Moon family were among the leading residents of Swifton. The N.D. Moon and Sons Store offered groceries and dry goods. Almost every small community in the county had its own general merchandise store that sold everything from buttonhooks to bacon and...
1920s
The Bank of Swifton was no Wall Street bank, but it did a brisk business in this prosperous little north Jackson County farming community. (Courtesy of Ray Hanley.)
1920s
Sol Heinemann’s barge brought fresh water into Newport during the flood of 1927. Shown in this picture are, from left to right, two unidentified, J.E. Wilmans (mayor) Heinemann, Hattie Heinemann, and a Mr. House. The boys are identified only as Sol and Sylvan...
