Early History Early Newport History submitted by Debbie Noland Nitsche Early Settlement

Death and Disease From: HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO 1788 - 1881 by: H. Z. Williams pages 427-428 1823

Early Drinking Habits Early Drinking Habits from Henry Howe, LL.D., Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol. II, Published by the State of Ohio, C.J. Krehbiel & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888, 1904. p. 827,28 Early distilleries in Newport and attitudes toward drinking by Susy Wetz Distilleries