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1914 – Jackson Guard Monument Dedication

1914 – Jackson Guard Monument Dedication

In February 1914, Lady Elizabeth Watson and her best friend, Clare Phillips, unveil the Confederate memorial on the grounds of the Jackson County Courthouse in Newport.  Lady's grandmother, General James Fagan's widow, sits to the right of the column.  The United...

1910’s – Jackson Guard

1910’s – Jackson Guard

John Cathey (L), William E. Blevins (C), and John Loftin (R) From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.

1870’s – Steamboat A.R. Bragg with Cotton Shipment

1870’s – Steamboat A.R. Bragg with Cotton Shipment

Built at Newport in 1890 by the Morrison-Decker Company, the steamboat A.R. Bragg was the largest boat built at Newport, displacing 162 net tons.  A packet boat, it was smaller than the standard steamboat and could run further up the smaller shallower rivers.  It ran...