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![](images/history/keen_bottling_small.jpg) |
Keen Bottling Company |
George Zepp |
![New_River_TN_1895.jpg (61126 bytes)](images/history/New_River_TN_1895_small.jpg) |
New River, Tennessee, in the summer of 1895. You'll see
the Keen hotel & home in the middle (without the double-story bay
that was later added). Can you find the top of the water tank? George
didn't notice it until after enlarging the scan. The original is faded,
so he tried to increase the contrast somewhat to make things easier to
see. Do you think the men by the depot knew the photo was being made? It
seems they might. |
George Zepp |
![New_River_House_Party.jpg (57180 bytes)](images/history/New_River_House_Party_small.jpg) |
House Party, New River, TN |
George Zepp |
![Brimstone_besse_buckwalter.jpg (63017 bytes)](images/history/Brimstone_besse_buckwalter_small.jpg) |
"On the placid waters of the beautiful Brimstone,
July 11, 1901. Miss Besse Buckwalter, Winchester, Ky." |
George Zepp |
![huntsville academy trio.jpg (44990 bytes)](images/history/huntsville_academy_trio_small.jpg) |
Here are 3 young ladies who attended Huntsville Academy.
The date is Aug. 29, 1893. Left to right are Miss Greenlee, Miss
Edith Felterman and Miss Rozee Rankin |
George Zepp |
![norcross_and_keen.jpg (63790 bytes)](images/history/norcross_and_keen_small.jpg) |
Gertrude Norcross and Flora Keen in New River as
photographed by George W. Morgan, circa 1890s. (Note the rail cut in the
background.) |
George Zepp |
![leonard_jeffers.jpg (50127 bytes)](images/history/leonard_jeffers_small.jpg) |
Leonard Jeffers of Huntsville, Tenn., as he looked in
March 1897 on a visit to the McCrary & Branson photographic studio
in Knoxville. (He must have been proud of his finely groomed moustache,
one worthy of a prototypical Western gunslinger!) Leonard was
Postmaster at Huntsville the following year, in 1898. |
George Zepp |
![jennie_newman.jpg (54392 bytes)](images/history/jennie_newman_small.jpg) |
"Miss Jennie Newman, teacher at Huntsville,
Tenn." She got this tiny photo (an inch by 1 1/2 inches) made at a
studio at 239 Gay Street in Knoxville. Afraid there's no date, but
period probably 1890s. |
George Zepp |
![keen_hotel.jpg (72503 bytes)](images/history/keen_hotel_small.jpg) |
The Keen Hotel in New River circa 1900s. George
believes the 3 people standing beside it are (L to R) Willard Keen,
Flora Keen (his sister), and A.Y. Keen (his brother). The sign
visible on the building at the extreme left is unintelligible on the
scan, and the original photo itself reveals little more under the
magnifying glass, possibly a word resembling "Pauline."
Perhaps others know which buildings were in that row. |
George Zepp |
![new_river_lumber_company.JPG (75045 bytes)](images/history/new_river_lumber_company_small.JPG) |
This undated interior view of the New River Lumber Co.
office was given by Roy Hose, on the right, to Flora Keen of New River.
He wrote on the back of the post card: "The smallest thing we own
is The New River Lumber Co." -- an obvious joke since the
Cincinnati native was but an employee and member of the NRLC baseball
team. At left is Irwin McCormick. The sign above his head says
"Look Happy, Be Happy, Pass It Around." |
George Zepp |
![great_train_wreck.jpg (80790 bytes)](images/history/great_train_wreck_small.jpg) |
This undated Scott Co. train wreck photo was -- from the
"T.P." visible on one car -- the Cincinnati, New Orleans &
Texas Pacific, so that dates it after the name change from the
Cincinnati Southern. I find references to a 1920 wreck in New
River (on the Web site) and a January 1931 wreck (in "Dusty
Bits"), but that seems an unlikely for this photo since it doesn't
appear very cold & vegitation seems to still be on the trees. The
1920 one would be more probable, but it was described as a passenger
train and this appears to be a freight train. It's a mystery. There does
appear to be some fire on the right, perhaps closer to the engine. |
George Zepp |
![baseball_game.jpg (92248 bytes)](images/history/baseball_game_small.jpg) |
Game between Norma (New River Lumber Co.) and Stearns,
Ky., was won by Stearns. Norma player Roy Hose/Hoes wrote on the back of
the photo card: "We lost this game, 1st this season. Roy" Note
the number key to Norma players in the top view. Norcross, No. 4, was
Clifford Norcross, son of NRLC owner Frank G. "Yankee"
Norcross. The unusual Norcross home in Norma was next to the ballfield,
and built with high porches so Norcross could watch his team from it.
Many of the players for both Norma and Stearns were
"imported," recruited from far beyond Scott Co., county
historian H. Clay Smith wrote |
George Zepp |
![newport_bros.jpg (46928 bytes)](images/history/newport_bros_small.jpg) |
The Newport Brothers. Pictured from left are: Elsic
Newport, Clifford Newport, John Newport, J. C. Newport (my grandfather),
and Barney Newport |
Teresa Newport |
![](images/history/R_D_Ellis_for_Sheriff_small.jpg) |
R. D. Ellis campaign poster for Scott Co, TN Sheriff,
circa 1920's |
Sharon Beach |
![](images/history/william_anderson_and_emily_sexton_cross_family_small.jpg) |
Family of William Anderson and Emily Sexton Cross, L -
R: Rose Etha Mae Cross (13 Jul 1912-???),
Tabitha Lee Cross (11 Sep 1904-11 May 1980), Parthena Bell Cross
(9 Jun 1901-???), Cordelia Cross (6 Jul 1897-7 Dec 1947), Marlene Cross
(12 Feb1892-???), Emily
Sexton Cross (17 Nov 1870-18 Dec 1953), William A. Cross (1843-1947),
James Monroe Cross (13 Aug 1889-???), John Thomas Cross (23 Jan
1894-???), Charlie Franklin Cross (1 Mar 1907-6 May 1987), Haywood Cross
9 Aug 1909-aft. Jan 2004), circa 1940's |
Sharon Beach |
![](images/history/1943_the_glass_house_small.jpg) |
The Glass House Restaurant, Helenwood, Scott Co, TN, circa
1943 |
Becky Ellis |
![](images/history/another_great_train_wreck1_small.jpg) |
Another train wreck believed to be from Scott Co, TN |
Myra Marcum |
![](images/history/another_great_train_wreck2_small.jpg) |
Same train wreck from a different angle. If you look
with a magnifying glass, you can see the number "24" on a car |
Myra Marcum |
![](images/history/joel_c_reed_family_small.jpg) |
Joel C. Reed family picture taken 1 Aug 896. Names are
known but do not know which is which. Irel Joseph, was the eldest;
then: Isaac R. S. Reed, Arnold S. Reed, Campbell C. Reed, Havelin E.
Reed, Richard S. Reed, John Colby Reed, Cora L. Reed, Arlee Colman Reed,
Ada Belle Reed, and the youngest, Daley Delilah Reed. Joel's wife was
Emily Smith. The elderly woman is most likely Martha Chitwood, Joel's
mother. |
Myra Marcum |
![](images/history/jellico_grocery_receipt_small.jpg) |
Jellico Grocery receipt currently (2007) belonging to
sisters Peggy Long and Kathy Moneymaker |
Kathy Moneymaker |