Dr. Jim Tumblin, Author at Knox TN Today

John Smith (1795-1883) built an imposing handmade brick house on the Tazewell and Jacksboro...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Mar 24, 2020 0 5 min read

Father and son Fred J. Conner and Thomas W. Conner submitted an article to the 1928 Central High...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Feb 18, 2020 0 5 min read

Few organizations have had such a positive influence on the physical and character development of...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Jan 21, 2020 0 4 min read

“A privately operated fire department is to begin serving residents of Fountain City, Smithwood,...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Dec 17, 2019 0 5 min read

Fountain City has been called Knoxville’s most fiercely independent community. In the 1940s, 1950s...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Nov 19, 2019 0 4 min read

Living in 2019 with the medical breakthroughs we enjoy, we can only imagine the challenges of...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Oct 15, 2019 0 5 min read

Long before the Fountain City A&P, well before the White Store (now Food City) and many...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Sep 17, 2019 0 4 min read

Some important Fountain City history was made on March 30, 1903, when a transaction was recorded...

Dr. Jim Tumblin Aug 20, 2019 0 5 min read

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