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1950’s – Betty Lou Alcorn Branch School Teacher
From the James Morgan Collection.
1950’s – Annie M. Craft Branch School Teacher
From the James Morgan Collection.
1950’s – Alice N. Harris Branch School Teacher
From the James Morgan Collection.
1890’s – Jacksonport Street Scene
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1900’s – Jacksonport Livery Stable
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1927 – Flood at the Jacksonport Depot
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1940’s – Jacksonport Courthouse Circa 1940
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1870’s – Robert E. Lee Saloon in Jacksonport
Said by residents to be the original Tunstall Tavern in Jacksonport, renamed the Robert E. Lee saloon after the Civil War, this was a favorite watering hole for men of the town. The outside stairway, large central chimney, and upper gallery place it architecturally...
1900’s – Eason’s Drug Store in Jacksonport
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1875 – Jacksonport Street Scene
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1965 – Surrender at Jacksonport Historical Marker
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1965 – Shelling of Jacksonport Historical Marker
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1965 – Jacksonport in the Civil War Historical Marker
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1900’s – Wolf Goldman Merchantile Company
From Public Source.
1900’s – Construction of the Newport Post Office
A picture of the new post office under construction also includes on eof the few views of the Newport Opera House. Built in 1892, it was considered to be the most elegantly furnished opera house north of Little Rock. On the right across Second Street is the first...
1890’s – M.L. Cohn & Company Downtown Newport
Located on the southwest corner of Front and Hazel Streets, the M.L. Cohn Company became a leading mercantile establishments in early Newport, later occupied by the Sterling Store. M.L. Cohn was closely related to the M.M. Cohn who founded the upscale clothing store...
1915 – Flood at Jackson County Courthouse in Newport
In August 1915, the White River overflowed its banks and flooded Newport in one of the worst floods since the 1880's. Whole families took their boats out for a spin around the town. Four-year-old Lady Elizabeth Watson had chicken pox, so she sadly watched out the...
1916 – Depot in Downtown Newport
The second St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Depot in Newport was built in 1916, and it was a busy place through the 1930's. As roads improved and automobiles became more accessible, passenger traffic declined, but the railroads still carried most of the...
1916 – Depot and Van Nuys Hotel and Restaurant in Downtown Newport
The Van Nuys Hotel and Restaurant next to the depot was built soon after the railroad station and was a popular restaurant in Newport. Men's clubs met here for weekly luncheons, people went for Sunday dinners, and it was the only restaurant in Newport that stayed...
1900’s – Cotton Wagons in Downtown Newport Circa 1900
The cotton wagons on Front Street wait while the cotton buyers move among them grading the fiber and deciding which bales to buy for their employers in northern mills. To the left is the old train depot where the buyers could have their newly purchase bales loaded up...
1900’s – City of Newport Aerial View
The newly constructed Jackson County Courthouse (with bell tower and cupola) stands at the corner of Third and Main Streets. The First Christian Church is the white building to the upper left of the photograph. The large building to the upper right is the Newport...
1920’s – Postcard Jackson County Courthouse and Jail in Newport, Arkansas
From Public Source.
1900’s – Old Postcard Front Street Newport, Arkansas
From the Ray Hanley Collection.
1900’s – Jackson Guard Reunion Circa 1900
These old soldiers are veterans of the Jackson Guards, a Confederate company raised in Jacksonport in May 1861 that served in the Virginia theater as Company G of the 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA. The date they left was the day before the state of Arkansas...