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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bicyclists have been racing here more than 125 years! It’s unknown when the first bicycle arrived in Knoxville. Mayor Sam Heiskell once recalled buying his first bicycle on Market Square in the late 1860s, but it was probably a velocipede, […]
I’m always out of step. In the ’80s, I was all about craft beer, berating Knoxville for its embarrassing dearth of ales of a hue and bite and alcohol content suitable to my palate, that of a young man who […]
Knoxville Brewfest highlights new beers, but our brewing tradition goes way back. Beer became popular here with the immigration of German and Irish immigrants in the mid- 1800s. By 1869, Knoxville hosted two breweries, both on Second Creek. The Union […]
The World’s Fair started 35 years ago this Monday. Today, the pundits who declare media as we know it is coming to an end, observe, as their most damning evidence, that “Kids today just don’t read the papers anymore.” Of […]
Knoxville has a deep history of interest, and sometimes national influence, in the natural environment. *** The heavy industry of the 19th century was hard on Knoxville’s environment. The term “air pollution” did not become common until much later, but […]
Stone from Knoxville-area quarries adorns some of the most famous buildings in America. Geologists note that Tennessee marble, often pinkish in hue, is actually a crystalline limestone. However, it has been known as “Tennessee marble” for two centuries. Knoxville marble […]
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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