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1900’s – Train Load of Cotton from Newport Arkansas
From the Butler Center Collection.
1930’s – Mary Woods No. 2
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1970’s – Robert Haas McDonald
Robert Haas "Rob" McDonald, descended from several old Jackson County families, won the International Professional Rodeo Association's World Bull Riding Championship at Madison Square Garden in 1977. Competing for many years, McDonald also trained horses and performed...
1948 – United Harmonizers
The first black group to have a program on radio station KNBY was the United Harmonizers, organized in 1948. Pictured are, from left to right, Ted Hatchett, Norris Stephenson, Theophilus Henderson, Gus Hatchett, and T.A. Watson. Minnie Bell Stephenson sits at the...
1913 – First Newport High School Football Team
Members of the first Newport High School football team, the Greyhounds, pictured here in 1913 are, from left to right, Harry Littleton, Walter Stallings, Charles Minor, Albert Bevens, W. L. Childers, Elmer Patton, Burley Cox, Willey McMinn (captain), Vernon Singles...
1914 – Boy Scouts in Newport
The Reverend Lee Heaton, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, led a fine group of Boy Scouts in 1914. According to the note on the back of the photograph, this was one of the first Boy Scout troops registered west of the Mississippi. Watson, Tim, and Elizabeth...
1898 – Sixth Confederate Reunion
In 1898, the sixth Confederate reunion was held at the site of the old town of Elizabeth, which had been a thriving river port on the White River and the seat of Jackson County in the 1840's. The reunions were held at Camp Pat Cleburne, named for the Confederate...
1898 – Company F, 2nd Arkansas Volunteers
Company F, the 2nd Arkansas Volunteers, fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898. This photograph was taken at Camp Chickamauga. Watson, Tim, and Elizabeth Jacoway. Newport and Jackson County. Arcadia Publishing, 2016
1898 – Junior League of Newport
Ada E. Remmel organized the Junior League of Newport in 1898, with the assistance of Rev. N.B. Ricks, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Among the girls are Misses Phillips, Erwin, Lindsey, Ross, Ross, Irby, Maud Richardson, Birdie Bains (or Barns),...
1977 – Senator Kaneaster Hodges Jr
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. served as a US senator from December 1977 to January 1979. He was appointed by his friend Gov. David Pryor to fill out an unexpired term when Sen. John McClellan died unexpectedly. Pryor then ran successfully for the Senate seat and served...
1976 – Newport’s Centennial Steering Committee
Mildred Minor Gregory and J.A. "Jug" Wallace, representing Newport's Centennial Steering Committee, place a time capsule at the base of the Jacksonport overpass commemorating Newport's centennial in 1975 and the nation's bicentennial in 1976. Someone will have to...
1913 – Williams-Harper House
The Williams-Harper House was built in 1835 with slave labor, and as of this writing (2018) it is the oldest extant structure in Jackson County. Located several miles north of the later town of Jacksonport, it was the seat of the Williams Plantation. The Harper...
1916 – Lady Elizabeth Watson
Three-year old Lady Elizabeth Watson, named for her aunt Lady Fagan Bridgeman, poses for a portrait shortly before she cut off her own curls. Her grandfather Confederate general James Fagan was the first colonel of the Jackson Guards, and young Lady was supposed to...
1950’s – White River Monster
The “White River Monster” was a legendary creature reportedly sighted many times in the river close to Newport. This 230-pound eight-foot gar and his brethren may have been the source of that legend. The note on the postcard claims that fishermen in the area used...