1890s, Photo Search
This unidentified steamer pushing a lumber barge on the White River was photographed by W.D. Ross, who produced many of the photographs in Jackson County in the 1880’s and 1890’s. These boards have been milled and are ready for delivery to Memphis, New...
1890s, Photo Search
The steamboat trade was vital to inland towns like Newport and the surrounding countryside. Steamers from Newport had clear passage to New Orleans, Memphis and even St. Louis via the White and Mississippi Rivers, which provided ready markets for cotton and timber...
1880s, Photo Search
The Quapaw was typical of the government snag boats that kept the river free of fallen trees and other debris that could snag or sink a steamboat or barge. Because the White River ran through heavy forests, snag-boating was very important to the early years of...
1960s, Photo Search
From the Jacksonport State Park Collection.
1890s, Photo Search
Built at Newport in 1890 by the Morrison-Decker Company, the steamboat A.R. Bragg was the largest boat built at Newport, displacing 162 net tons. A packet boat, it was smaller than the standard steamboat and could run further up the smaller shallower rivers. It ran...
