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First Presbyterian celebrates anniversary with bagpipe flair

Betsy PickleOctober 25, 2022Downtown, Our Town Stories

2022 marks the 230th anniversary of First Presbyterian Church, the oldest worship community in Knoxville and Knox County. That’s impressive, yet 230 years isn’t a milestone commonly seen as a …

Cynthia Gambill Smith: driven by a mother’s instincts

Mona B. SmithApril 2, 2019Farragut, Our Town Stories

Much has been said and written of the strong-willed and strong-minded women of early East Tennessee. As such was Cynthia Elvira Gambill Smith (1819-1904).
Cynthia was accustomed to a good life. …

James Monroe Smith: patriarch of a house divided

Mona B. SmithMarch 5, 2019Farragut, Our Town Stories

A casual stroll through the Concord Masonic Cemetery will bring many family names to mind with an occasional smile or two. Not so the case with the family of James …

Progress has taken toll on historic Callaway’s Landing

Mona B. SmithFebruary 5, 2019Farragut, Our Town Stories

Hundreds of drivers pass daily on their way to and from work or on errands, unaware of the history of a piece of land on both sides of the southern …

Lost Concord: How Fort Loudoun Lake reshaped a historic village  

Tracy Haun OwensJanuary 22, 2019Farragut, Our Town Stories

The handsome older buildings on Lake Ridge Drive, in the historic village of Concord, give lie to the idea that everything in West Knoxville is new, new, new. The red-brick …

Grainger native Sam Tate left legacy of integrity

Dr. Jim TumblinJanuary 15, 2019Fountain City, Our Town Stories

The unique section of Fountain City known as Tatewood is to the left of Broadway just as one begins the ascent of Black Oak Ridge toward the Halls Crossroads community …

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