Velva Irwin didn’t squawk when her father insisted she go to National Business College between her junior and senior years at Gibbs High School. It was 1944, and women were …
Oak Ridge photographer Westcott has died
The photographer who documented the beginnings of Oak Ridge has died. James Edward “Ed” Westcott passed away March 29. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, …
Valliant: a colorful career in politics, land development
Knoxville attorney John Valliant Jr.’s parents migrated south from Canada and wound up in Oak Ridge in 1943. His father worked on the super-secret classified Manhattan Project “and he was …
Progress has taken toll on historic Callaway’s Landing
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 …