1850s, Photo Search
Thomas Todd Tunstall (1790-1862) is generally acknowledged as the founder of Jacksonport. Tunstall brought the second steamboat up the White river to the mouth of Jack’s Creek, later named Jacksonport. Captain Tunstall and his son William laid out the town,...
1830s, Photo Search
Judge John Robinson (1748-1832) came to Jackson County from Kentucky in 1831, leading a party of 200 people, each of whom received 1,000 acres of land purchased for $1 per acre. Robinson and his wife had five sons. His sister married his wife’s brother, and...
1910's, Photo Search
From the Butler Center Collection.
1910's, Photo Search
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...
1890s, Photo Search
In the severe ice storm of 1898, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at the corner of Laurel and Second Streets is shown on a very cold day. This weather was unusual enough in the southern latitudes of Newport that the men had not purchased heavy overcoats. From...
1970s, Photo Search
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
