1930s
Obviously captured on a Saturday, this image shows the throngs of people who collected on Front Street in downtown Newport every weekend as the folks from the country came into town to do their shopping. One old-timer remembers rushing downtown as a teenager to get a...
1930s
Opened in 1930 to much fanfare, the bridge over the White River in Newport was constructed at the location of the old Newport, or upper ferry. Ferry service had existed at this point on the White River since approximately 1835. The new bridge helped speed traffic on...
1920s
Some of Newport’s leading men gather in front of one of their businesses in the 1920’s. From left to right are George L. Robinson, John Stayton, Joe Stayton, J.E. “Cap” Wilmans, Julian Logan, Sam Phillips, and Joe Walker. Landowners all, they...
