The possible impeachment of President Donald Trump brings to mind events of nearly 50 years ago when another president was – unwittingly – on the path to impeachment. President Richard …
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 …
Mr. Mac talks water supply in early Concord-Farragut
When Gene McNutt “Mac” Abel (1921-2017) went gently into that good night on Sept. 18, 2017, he took with him a world of information regarding the history of the Concord-Farragut …
Burying Cas
(Note: This is an edited draft of an article Betty Bean wrote following the death of Cas Walker. It was written for a newspaper that ceased publication. We’re running it …
It came from outer space! (But forgot its clothes)
When the phenomenon known as “streaking” burst into the open (pun absolutely intended) in the winter of 1973 and spring of 1974 Knoxville was not shielded from the fad. Cumberland …
Rosemary, thyme and a bounty of blooms
We’re pretty sure New Jersey-born and New York-bred Paul Simon didn’t find his inspiration for “Scarborough Fair” at Ellenburg Landscaping and Nursery, but he could have. Rosemary and thyme are …
John H. Newman and the development of Hotel Avenue
Long before the Fountain City A&P, well before the White Store (now Food City) and many decades before Kroger, there was J.H. Newman and Sons Grocery Store. Photographic records indicate …
Shining a light on Maynard Glenn Ballpark
The future is looking brighter for Maynard Glenn Ballpark.
The baseball/softball park in the middle of the South Haven neighborhood has been hosting kids for generations in an ever-increasing state of …