With her usual exemplary style, fellow KnoxTnToday.com author Shannon Carey covered the present status of Fountain City Lake in an article entitled “Fountain City Lake work resuming soon, sediment removal …
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 …
Welcker family has deep roots in Fountain City
William Louis Welcker: Mayor of Old North Knoxville (1849 -1922)
The economic surge that occurred in Knoxville after the Civil War brought about a rapid expansion to the north and west …
Pratt’s Country Market: Fountain City’s Oldest Business (Est. 1922)
What is Fountain City’s oldest business that is still in existence?
Until a couple of years ago, Babelay and Stormer’s “Fountain City Florist and Greenhouse” (Est. 1939) seemed a possible choice. …
Patricia Lakin Watson: Outstanding service to Knox County
Many who were students at Smithwood Grammar School in the 1930s and 1940s will remember Mr. Lakin, the tall, kindly, highly effective principal of the school.
Hubert DeKalb Lakin (1906-1979) grew …
Remembering Knoxville historian Pollyanna Creekmore
Pollyanna Creekmore was born in Jellico, Campbell County, Tenn. on Sept. 23, 1920. She was the fifth of the six children of Lewis M. and Dillie Creekmore. When she was …