Stories

Researched narratives from Knoxville’s past
Knoxville’s Historic April: Happy Architecture Week!
April 6, 2017
Friday, the 7th, at 5 p.m., Knox Heritage will host a rare opportunity to visit the ca. 1931 Kern’s Bakery building on Chapman Highway. The tour is free to KH members, and it’s...
Knoxville in World War I
March 30, 2017
One hundred years ago, the United States entered World War I . So did Knoxville. The United States was slow to join the World War, but when the country declared war on Germany,...
The Life of Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer “Stick” McGhee
March 23, 2017
Granville Henley McGhee was born in Knoxville on March 23, 1918 (some sources say 1917, but available government records favor the later date). His older brother, Brownie...
Refugees Helped Create Knoxville As We Know It
March 16, 2017
  Immigrants fleeing difficult or dangerous circumstances in their home countries have always been part of Knoxville’s history. A few Irish political exiles settled...
Finding Vagabondia: New Clues, and Two Theories About a Novelist’s Legendary Inspiration
March 9, 2017
A researcher happened across some clues to an old mystery that’s been nagging at me for a quarter century. In the mix is a pretty incredible coincidence. For a column in Metro...
Black History Month and Valentine’s Day Both Offer Occasions to Celebrate James and Ethel Beck
February 13, 2017
The Beck Cultural Exchange Center was founded in honor of James and Ethel Beck, at what had been their comfortable home on Dandridge, just east of downtown. The Becks were...
Hating the Architecture of Our Youth: the Old KUB Building
February 9, 2017
This winter several have noticed a bit of oddity in a surgical demolition project on the corner of Gay and Church. The greenish cube known as “the old KUB Building,” has been...
Don & Phil Everly – The Everly Brothers
January 26, 2017
Don and Phil Everly were known for their perfect brother harmonies, but made a global impact on popular music by taking chances with combining their old-time harmonies with...
UT’s “Pride of the Southland” Marching Band Has a History Much Older Than its Name
January 12, 2017
Just after the Civil War, when what was then known as East Tennessee University was partly military in its focus. The college sponsored a tiny “cadet band,” perhaps not a very...


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