1910's, Photo Search
T.S. Stephens and George Stephens started the Stephens Livery, Feed & Sale Stable in Jacksonport in the 1870’s. In the 1890’s, they moved their business to Newport, where, in addition to other services, they offered three round-trips each day between...
1900s, Photo Search
The steamboat Grand docks at either Jacksonport or Newport about 1903. It seems to be coming upriver since the deck is loaded with boxes and buckets instead of bales of cotton. The containers are most likely filled with salt, sugar, coffee, and even oysters, and the...
1870s, Photo Search
The steamboat Walt was a truly elegant steamer. Its 43 staterooms were lavishly furnished, but the 10 set aside for women were fitted like rooms in a fine hotel, with imported furnishings. The cabin was covered with the finest velvet carpet, with all furniture...
1860s, Photo Search
Isabella Means Harrison (1821-1892) moved with her family to Jacksonport in 1849. She brought her slave Pal (short for Palestine) Louisa. An ancestor of the prominent Boyce family of Tuckerman, Harrison represents much of the pioneer spirit that moved America west...
1890s, Photo Search
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
