The Clear Fork River brought the village of Newville to life, and it was also the cause of its end.
A close look at the left side of this 1913 photograph shows a covered bridge that crossed the river, depicting how close to Main Street the waters flowed.
Every spring the town was in peril, and when a dam was built downstream to staunch the flooding, the little village was removed and passed into history like time flowing into forever.
For a place that doesn’t exist anymore Newville has a very interesting story that lives on, and seems to get only larger as time advances.
Two tales of Newville:
The End of the World in Newville
The 1913 postcard view of the Village of Newville comes from the collection of Phil Stoodt.
