One of the great mysteries in Knoxville history is the location of Tennessee’s first state capitol building. In the early days when Knoxville was the capital of the Southwest Territory …
Bandit’s run ends in East Knoxville 90 years ago
He was public enemy No. 1 on East Tennessee’s most-wanted list. The mountain folk said the law would never take “Pee-Jem” alive, that he knew the hills and hollers better …
South Knoxville Baptist reduced to ashes 50 years ago
The ruse was pretty elaborate for a 19-year-old kid. On Sunday evening, July 28, 1974, one Bruce Michael Partlow of Akron, Ohio, was singing with the choir of the South …
Bootleggin’ in Lyons Bend
The defendant was hoping to skate on a technicality. The judge was having none of it. It was January 1926, and one Arthur Cox of Lyons Bend was in the …
Sorry, the Blizzard of ’93 was worse
I wasn’t planning to write about the weather again this week (see story here), but Mother Nature hasn’t accomplished much with “the melt” just yet, so here we are. The …
Snow day? How ‘bout a snow week …
The official word came down around lunch time on Monday: Knox County Schools were called out today and tomorrow because of the snow piling up outside and arctic temperatures on …
Grocery empire forged in bankruptcy
There were six brands of flour listed, ranging from $1 to $1.80 for a 24-pound bag. That’s a lot of flour. White Lily, of course, sat at the top of …
The ghosts of Park City
It seems like something that happened in a whole other era. Though I guess by some perspectives, a school closing nearly 42 years ago would be. But back in the …