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Ghost Walking the Christmas Streets of Knoxville: The Inaugural Knoxville Santa Claus Parade
December 1, 2025 In Ghost Walking Articles Holidays and Festivals No Comment

Originally written by Paul James and published by Inside of Knoxville.   “Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus Lane, Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeers pulling on the reins, Bells are ringing, children […]

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Knoxville’s Early Christmas Traditions
December 1, 2025 In Holidays and Festivals Knoxville City Lifestyle Articles No Comment

For many years, the Clarence Brown Theatre has staged a production of Charles Dickens’ classic novella, A Christmas Carol. The story, about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his visits by four apparitions who encourage his moral reclamation, continues to be […]

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Ghost Walking the Streets of Knoxville: Prize Steers, Peddlers & Pool Halls
November 18, 2025 In Animals Buildings Ghost Walking Articles People No Comment

Just beyond the edge of the town’s original 64 lots laid out in 1791, the intersection of Gay Street and Clinch Avenue has long been a bustling place in downtown Knoxville. Today, thousands of people walk or drive through here […]

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Jane Albright (1926-2025)
November 5, 2025 In Obituaries People No Comment

We’re grieving the recent loss of one of our best friends and most generous early supporters, Jane Albright. A career educator, she worked for Carson Newman University, where she was a librarian and taught information science for many years in […]

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The Knoxville Paper Box Co. Building
November 4, 2025 In Buildings No Comment

Another historic downtown building whose future is in question We recently ran a piece about the 1875 Peabody School / Labor Temple building, threatened by the fact that it appears to be erased in a landowner’s proposal for the property, […]

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National Cemetery
November 1, 2025 In Cemeteries, Parks & Gardens Civil War Knoxville City Lifestyle Articles No Comment

Many people are familiar with Knoxville’s Old Gray Cemetery, located on Broadway. With its winding tree-lined lanes and old gravestones, ornate obelisks and memorial statuary, there is no other place quite like it within the city. Yet, immediately to the […]

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Ghost Walking the Streets of Knoxville: The Hotels at Gay & Clinch
October 9, 2025 In Buildings Ghost Walking Articles No Comment

It’s interesting how the use of a certain spot on a street basically stays the same for decades, if not more than a century. The site of a courthouse typically indicates a long tenure, but how about hotels? Hyatt Place, […]

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The Old Red Schoolhouse
October 6, 2025 In Buildings People 1 Comment

Peabody School, Knoxville’s first public school, later known as our Labor Temple, is in peril On a broken segment of half-forgotten Morgan Street is a building not like any other downtown. It’s getting a lot more attention lately, partly just […]

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The Creature of the Cumberlands: A strange bird or something else entirely?
October 1, 2025 In Animals Knoxville City Lifestyle Articles No Comment

Currently, the most popular episode in Knoxville History Project’s podcast series, Knoxville Chronicles, is the story, “Creature of the Cumberlands” written by Jack Neely and read by Alex Haralson. It’s not a Halloween-related story, but it’s a bizarre, autumnal, spooky […]

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