calsfoundation@cals.org
April 30, 2011
Riverboat travel on the White River was a major contributor to the growth of the town of Newport (Jackson County) before and immediately following the Civil War. Many large vessels brought cargo and passengers up the river to the river port town, where they were transferred to smaller boats for further travel up the shallow stream. This 1893 engraving of the river activity at Newport shows one of those larger craft.