1890s, Photo Search
the Batesville and Brinkley depot at Auvergne was built in 1884 but blew away in the tornado of 1892. The tracks of the B&B which were laid from Brinkley north, reached Newport around 1890. Because of opposition from the Iron Mountain Railway, the B&B never...
1890s, Photo Search
In 1890, the Safe Deposit Bank, a private entity, was reorganized as the Bank of Newport to provide more banking services. Pictured here are E.L. Watson, founder and president (wearing the hat) and T.D. Kidman (cashier at the right); all others are unidentified. From...
1890s, Photo Search
This building originated in 1896 as the Jackson County Savings Bank and later became the First National Bank. The Newport Club occupied the second floor, and an N is discernable in this photograph on the entrance to the left of the bank window. The bank stood at...
1890s, Photo Search
This unidentified steamer pushing a lumber barge on the White River was photographed by W.D. Ross, who produced many of the photographs in Jackson County in the 1880’s and 1890’s. These boards have been milled and are ready for delivery to Memphis, New...
1890s, Photo Search
The steamboat trade was vital to inland towns like Newport and the surrounding countryside. Steamers from Newport had clear passage to New Orleans, Memphis and even St. Louis via the White and Mississippi Rivers, which provided ready markets for cotton and timber...
1880s, Photo Search
The W.B. Empie lumber mill was one of the largest mills in Jackson County, as reflected in this drawing. Located between the railroad tracks and the river, as the mills usually were, the Empie operation could transport its product by railcar or steamboat. In this...
