It sits unassumingly on a hill in East Knox County overlooking the Holston River just before its junction with the French Broad. If traveling too fast along Asbury Road to …
Nannie Lee Hicks: Fountain City historian
Finally, after years of searching, the genesis of Nannie Lee Hicks’ work has been uncovered in the files of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection in a photograph and its caption …
Bijou Theatre: Knoxville’s entertainment survivor
While the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Monday, Knoxville history fans also recognized the date as an anniversary of local significance.
It was on March 8, 1909, that the Bijou …
A trip upriver on the Flora Swann
“Up a lazy river by the old mill stream … throw away your troubles, dream a dream with me.”
Join me. It is May 1, 1896, when the Flora Swann, a …
Alexander McMillan House: A Knox County treasure
Tucked away in northeast Knox County is a historical treasure hiding in plain sight. On Strawberry Plains Pike, not far from I-40, Aubrey’s, and other outposts of modern civilization, sits …
Exploring the Elm Grove Cemetery
Some eight or 10 four-drawer file cabinets at the McClung Historical Collection contain many precious so-called “vertical files” with newspaper clippings and other documents assembled under Librarian/Archivist Ted Baehr’s careful …
Hastie’s legacy is one of inspiration
Knoxville has produced a number of notable figures throughout its 200-year-plus history. South Knoxville has had its share. But one of its most outstanding native sons is probably known the …
Time travel to old Concord landmarks
We all do it. We whiz up and down the roads of Concord/Farragut never giving a thought as to why the roads have the names they are given. Consider the …