When last we saw our intrepid adventurers, yours truly and his pal Danny, they were fresh from an exercise in dam building in Fountain City Park that succeeded all too …
Adventures growing up in Fountain City, mostly true
Like Popeye, I was born as a very young child. My earliest years were spent in the hinterland of Knox County, a brisk 10-minute walk from the Union County line. …
The Fountain City Water Company, 1931-1966
Fountain City has been called Knoxville’s most fiercely independent community. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s a welcome sign on Broadway near Greenway proclaimed the message “The Nation’s Largest Unincorporated …
‘Just say no’ to proposed beer garden
A list of items that increase property values might include good schools, convenient access to grocery stores, nearby banking, parks and mature shade trees. A “beer garden” just a stone’s …
Gresham students unearth 30-year-old time capsule
It’s been 30 years since Mark Carringer was a student at Gresham Middle School, but last week he returned to Fountain City to dig up some history.
Carringer, who now lives …
Services Monday for Wanda Williams
Wanda Shaver Williams, 74, wife of WBIR anchor emeritus Bill Williams, passed away October 26 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Monday, …
Dr. Samuel Tillery: Fountain City’s first physician
Living in 2019 with the medical breakthroughs we enjoy, we can only imagine the challenges of Fountain City’s first physician who practiced medicine for over 50 years with the diagnostic …
Richard Tumblin says ‘never quit’
Richard E. Tumblin is all about staying active. “I think people die because they quit,” he says.
Richard and I caught up at Litton’s this week – our first time to …