On the City Council ballot, for the first time I can remember, there are six women on the regular ballot, plus one certified write-in candidate. This election presents the prospect that three or even four women may be elected to […]
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Bump Easy: On North Central, the ideal of Charlie’s Delicious Pies
September 26, 2017
North Central is Knoxville’s coolest street. It’s changing rapidly, but with a crazy variety of far upscale and far downscale. The high-end tailors of John H. Daniel are hollering distance of second-hand shops and the old Freeze-O, where you can […]
Knoxville’s Greatest Disaster: The Freshet of 1867
September 11, 2017
Knoxville, thanks to some geographical and political good luck, doesn’t encounter many natural disasters. It wasn’t always like that. If anybody ever asks you about the worst natural disaster Knoxville ever experienced, it was about 150 years ago. It started […]
Time’s Remorseless Doom: Two monuments in Fort Sanders
August 31, 2017
I often encountered that marble slab beside the sidewalk. On my way home from a a night in the bars and nightclubs of Cumberland Avenue, I would shift my route for fun, and to confuse whatever gumshoes were on my […]
Inviting Controversy: When UT Students Demanded Their Free Speech Rights, A Half Century Ago
August 28, 2017
Editor’s Note: Comedian Dick Gregory died earlier this month at age 84. Many Knoxvillians may not remember that the civil-rights activist was, almost 50 years ago, at the center of a signal freedom-of-speech controversy at the University of Tennessee. Ernest […]
Chinese Mornings: My Crowd-Control Summer
August 23, 2017
Every summer for the rest of my life may remind me of one particular summer a long time ago. Sometimes it’s an afternoon rain, or a bright humid morning, or an accumulation of sunburned people in silly T-shirts, and for […]
If you’re puzzled about the claims made for the upcoming eclipse, don’t feel like a stranger. Reach a certain age, and you remember hearing a lot about eclipses, the first since sometime in the distant past, or the last until […]
Knoxville History on the Green Line
August 4, 2017
KHP is proud to announce a new partnership with Knox Area Transit to promote trolley ridership and a broader understanding of the rich history of downtown. If you’re looking for another fun and informative way to experience downtown, the Green […]
Knoxville’s Historic July
July 13, 2017
Don’t miss two unusual free exhibits about Knoxville history on UT’s campus. Take advantage of the summer lull on the University of Tennessee’s campus to witness two very interesting exhibits about Knoxville history. “Fish Forks and Fine Furnishings” is at […]
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Jack Neely is executive director of the Knoxville History Project. He has become one of Knoxville’s most popular writers and its unofficial historian. Jack is well known for his thoughtful, well-researched, and provocative pieces of long-form journalism, not to mention his books, speeches, and other public appearances...
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