Jackson County Historical Society

Jackson County Historical Society 2021 & 2022: Arkansas Historical Society Association, Walter L. Brown Award for Best County Journal

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Elizabeth (Betsy) Jacoway is a historian, educator, and writer whose scholarship focuses on Arkansas history and the political and social history of the ...

100 years ago today (March 2), the 1926 Newport Fire decimated much of the residential section of town. Newport lost mos...
03/02/2026

100 years ago today (March 2), the 1926 Newport Fire decimated much of the residential section of town. Newport lost most of its large, historic homes that day and night. Luckily, only one person died from the fire.

Because Newport was so resilient about coming back from the ashes that the community was given the moniker of "Plucky Newport."

02/06/2026

Does anyone have photos that can help this valuable project?

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PO Box 711
Newport, AR
72112

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