1900s, Photo Search
W.B. Empie built a fine Queen Anne home at the corner of Fourth and Laurel Streets that later became known as the Van Dyke House when Empie’s daughter Lula married Percy Van Dyke. Members of the Van Dyke family lived in the home for over 80 years. Pictured...
1890s, Photo Search
Harmon Liveright Remmel (1859-1927) and his brother Augustus had learned the lumber business in Indiana before moving to Arkansas. In 1896, Harmon left the lumber business and moved to Little Rock, where he quickly became an important force in Republican Party...
1880s, Photo Search
This photograph of the Remmel Brothers Lumber Company is one of the earliest images of downtown Newport. Harmon Remmel and his brother Augustus came to Jackson County from New York in 1874 and made a fortune in the lumber business, capitalizing on the depressed...
