What remains of our last big national celebration, and the mystery of Buster Muggs It’s America’s 250th, and the nation seems at odds about how or whether to celebrate it. For whatever it’s worth, it does seem to be […]
The Lawson McGhee Library, on the corner of W. Church Avenue and Walnut Street, has stood there for more than 50 years. Crammed full of books, DVDs, vinyl records and other media, serves the community, just like its numerous branches, […]
The tragic story of a once-controversial architect who’s in the national news again. The last year has brought a lot of unaccustomed anxiety in Washington and across the country about presidential initiatives concerning iconic national architecture, new and old. There’s […]
Late last year, the nonprofit Knoxville History Project published a new book for the Bijou Theatre, The Second Balcony: The African American Experience at the Bijou Theatre. Researched and written by Jack Neely with the assistance of the Beck Cultural Exchange […]
For the curious out there, there is one paved section of town that sounds a little more interesting than most: Crooked Street. This is the old name for Walnut Street that has fascinated a few Knoxvillians for years. Just like […]
At the nonprofit Knoxville History Project, we are always on the lookout for old images to expand our Knoxville Shoebox digital collection. If you have interesting photographs, postcards, brochures or ephemera from any era, we’d love to hear from you […]
With the re-opening of the Gay Street Bridge in late 2025, to pedestrians and cyclists at least, it’s a good time to take a ghost walk back and forth across the bridges of old. And while it may be frustrating, and seem […]
Or, what do Frances Hodgson Burnett and George Takei have in common? We may not often associate Knoxville with Mardi Gras, a French term to describe a Catholic tradition. But there’s more to it than we might expect. To begin […]
Continuing the story from last month, the Knoxville-based Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association hired Paul Adams to build a proper campsite on Mount Le Conte, just over 100 years ago, in the summer of 1925. As a young, experienced […]
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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