1930s
Situated on beautiful tree-shaded land bordering Newport Lake, Remmel Park, given by the Remmel family around 1930, was the first city park for Newport’s citizens. The park provided picnicking, tennis, and fishing for locals, and is still much in use. In 1932,...
1910's
Children play in the unaccustomed snow on the grounds of the new Swifton High School in 1918. The substantial nature of the school building reflects the wealth that the ever-expanding cotton crop was bringing into Jackson County. (Courtesy of J.W. Hulen.)
1930s
Obviously captured on a Saturday, this image shows the throngs of people who collected on Front Street in downtown Newport every weekend as the folks from the country came into town to do their shopping. One old-timer remembers rushing downtown as a teenager to get a...
1930s
Opened in 1930 to much fanfare, the bridge over the White River in Newport was constructed at the location of the old Newport, or upper ferry. Ferry service had existed at this point on the White River since approximately 1835. The new bridge helped speed traffic on...
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...
