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 …
Supporting community comes naturally to Tobea
When Veterans Day rolled around yesterday, dozens of local and chain restaurants and other businesses offered special deals for military veterans. But Sam Tobea, owner of the Round Up Restaurant …
William McCamey Fox III: The Concord Prophet
Inconvenience and planning are seldom thought of today if one needs to run to the store for some last-minute staples or for something to wear for a special occasion. But …
Powell Station founded as Menifee’s Fort
Ron Evans had a surprise guest at the Oct. 28 meeting of the Powell’s Station History Society. Jon D. Smith, a descendant of William Menifee, the brother of Powell’s founder, …
Nixon and Graham in Knoxville, May 28, 1970
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 …