It probably started with a view from his window in his family’s downtown homes, first on East Clinch Avenue, then on Hill Avenue. Out there, 40 miles south of the …
A ‘Worthy’ woman from Corryton
I saw an interesting footnote at the end of an obituary from 1964: “She will be buried in the family cemetery near her home in the cow pasture.” I’m not …
Cas Walker’s haymaker: The rest of the story
It is a photo that will live in infamy, an original of which once hung in the offices of The Knoxville Journal. It even made its way to Life magazine. …
Historic Keener home in South Knox County
“Grab the horses, get the dogs. Hell, even get the mule. Rustle up the kids, the grandchildren and get everybody out in the front yard. Tell Sissy to step out …
James Earl Ray’s escape inspired Barkley Marathon
You’ve probably learned more over the last few days than you ever thought you’d need to about the torturous Barkley’s Marathon over in Frozen Head State Park last weekend. For …
Don’t look Ethel, it’s nekkid time
The Battle of the Bulge, the Nuremberg Trials, the assassinations of John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., Watergate and the Iran Hostage Crisis; these are just a handful …
When North Knoxville was a city all its own
Over the last several decades, we have accepted two historic neighborhoods divided by Broadway as separate entities: Old North Knoxville and Fourth & Gill. They each have their own associations …
A garden tribute to Andie Ray
It’s just a stone’s throw from the big red Adirondack chair and the Trees 4 Two Nations. There are keys cast in the concrete at the foot of the wooden …