1900s, Photo Search
The first class graduated from Newport High School in 1901. The commencement was held in the elegant and ornate Newport Opera House at Second and Laurel Streets. The five graduates are, from left to right, (first row) Mary Whittaker, Lula Wolff (later Stephens), and...
1900s, Photo Search
The tennis club was a favorite diversion for some of the young ladies of Newport. Pictured here are, from left to right, (first row) Lucy Watson and Lottie Dill; (second row) Elizabeth “Lib” Brandenburg; (third row) Narcissa “Narcie” Phillips...
1900s, Photo Search
Built in 1896 and torn down in 1911, the yellow-brick Newport Free School was located between Third and Fourth Streets on Walnut Street. It was open to all white children in Jackson County. The county did not offer public education to its African American residents...
1890s, Photo Search
Berry Best’s brother and sister-in-law Ira and Jewel Best owned a popular restaurant and saloon at the corner of Walnut and Front Streets. The kitchen help is pictured here standing outside with Ira’s domesticated wolves. The man in the dark hat in the...
1890s, Photo Search
Berry J. Best ran a thriving wagon yard and livery stable at the turn of the 20th Century. Here, he bought and sold horses, mules, built and repaired wagons, and sold feed for livestock, which were crucial to one of the major forms of transportation at the time....
1890s, Photo Search
The railroad bridge over the Black River had a swinging section in order to let the tall steamboats pass through, as did most railroad bridges of this era. The St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company built a branch line at the little town of Diaz that...
