As Fountain City historian Dr. Jim Tumblin wrote earlier today, Fountain City is blessed with two public landmarks, the lake and the park, preserved for public use without municipal ownership. …
Cliff Rogers: Go vote! No excuses!
Want to see Cliff Rogers of the Knox County Election Commission get a little hot under the collar? Tell him why you can’t vote! On the eve of early voting …
Places that Made a Difference: Fountain City Park
The 12-acre site of Fountain City Park was used for religious camp meetings as early as the 1830s. In 1851, the Fountain Head Methodist Episcopal Church (later Fountain City United …
It’s history day at brown bag lecture
East Tennessee History Day, a brown bag lecture and documentary presentation by award-winning East Tennessee students, will be noon Wednesday, Aug. 9, at East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street. …
08/09/17
Knox County’s Second Saturday Concert series concludes this month with 1980s era classics from Vinyl Tap at The Cove and blues-based tunes from Crawdaddy Jones at New Harvest Park. The …