1910's, Photo Search
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...
1910's, Photo Search
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...
1910's, Photo Search
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...
1900s, Photo Search
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...
1900s, Photo Search
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...
