1910's
The D. D. Camp General Store in Grubbs, 18 miles east of Newport, was a favorite gathering place in this little farming community. D.D. Camp stands on the left and Hendrix Williams stands on the right in this image captured in 1916. The business is typical of...
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The river flooded in February 916, emptying the new Walnut Street School, undoubtedly to the delight of the children. Within a year, the City of Newport began in earnest to raise the existing low levees. But it was not until the late 1930’s, after two more...
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From the Butler Center Collection.
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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...
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From the Butler Center Collection.
