1910’s – Gustave Jones Home in the Flood

1910’s – Gustave Jones Home in the Flood

Taken in front of Gustave Jones home at Second and Beech Streets, this photograph shows boaters enjoying the novelty of the flood.  Standing on the porch are Jones (right) and an unidentified man. Jones’s daughter Leah Jones Hurt, sits in the bow of the boat,...
1912 – Jackson County Levying Court

1912 – Jackson County Levying Court

Jackson County judge Charles Coe’s levying court for 1912 includes (first row) Fred ?, Judge Coe, R.F. Tyro, B.F. Johnson, unidentified, and A.B. Collier; (second row) John R. Loftin, H.C. Nuckolls, two unidentified men, and John F. Smith,; (third row) W.G....
1900’s – Watson Afternoon Card Party

1900’s – Watson Afternoon Card Party

An afternoon card party at the home of O.D. Watson offered a pleasant outing for a few Newport ladies.  Pictured here are, from left to right, Mrs. Gus Jones, Kate Watson Bennett, Mrs. Bob Harder, Nettie Bond, Sweet Minor, two unidentified ladies, Bessie Watson, O.D....