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Christmas one century ago: The Baroness Zollner, allegations of espionage, a sudden death, and the mind-reading duck
December 21, 2017 In Knoxville History People No Comment

Knoxville in the past can seem like it does in dreams. It’s recognizably the same place, but familiar landmarks slightly twisted and with lots of unsettling differences, erupting with odd events that don’t make sense. During Christmas week, 1917, you […]

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Hattie Love: the woman we elected to local government, and then forgot
November 2, 2017 In People 2 Comments

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 In Buildings North Knoxville 2 Comments

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 […]

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Knoxville’s Greatest Disaster: The Freshet of 1867
September 11, 2017 In Downtown Knoxville Knoxville History Other 1 Comment

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 […]

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Time’s Remorseless Doom: Two monuments in Fort Sanders
August 31, 2017 In Downtown Knoxville Other No Comment

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 […]

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Inviting Controversy: When UT Students Demanded Their Free Speech Rights, A Half Century Ago
August 28, 2017 In Other People University of Tennessee No Comment

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 […]

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Chinese Mornings: My Crowd-Control Summer
August 23, 2017 In Downtown Knoxville Other People No Comment

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 […]

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The Eternal Eclipse: Is this really the experience of a lifetime?
August 22, 2017 In Other 1 Comment

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 […]

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Knoxville History on the Green Line
August 4, 2017 In Other No Comment

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 […]

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