1920s
The Bank of Swifton was no Wall Street bank, but it did a brisk business in this prosperous little north Jackson County farming community. (Courtesy of Ray Hanley.)
1910's, Photo Search
The horse races at the Jackson County Fairgrounds seemed to create as much excitement as the Kentucky Derby. This race in 1914 was no exception, and one has to wonder if anyone paid attention to the sign posted to the left, which reads, “No Gambling...
1910's, Photo Search
This postcard shows the back side of the courthouse and the adjacent jail. Inside the jail was an apparatus for hanging convicted criminals, though the Olyphant train robbers had been hanged on a makeshift gallows outside. The Civil War cannons that sat on the...
1890s, Photo Search
The hanging of the Olyphant train robbers on the grounds of the new Jackson County Courthouse was one of the most exciting events in Newport in 1894. This photograph shows one of the robbers speaking his last words before being hooded and hanged. The local...
1910's, Photo Search
From the Butler Center Collection.
