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Kearny Gap

    Asbury Pie Cafe

    Asbury Pie Cafe  50 years supporting local charities at the New Mexico State Fair   Submitted by Sheila Paske

    Asbury Pie Cafe  50 years supporting local charities at the New Mexico State Fair   Submitted by Sheila Paske

    • new mexico
    • state fair
    • pie

    Immigrant Impressions of Knoxville

    Knoxville was a small and inconsiderable place with a population of about two thousand souls -- with no railroads, no turnpikes -- and no means of getting merchandise to and from the place, but...

    Knoxville was a small and inconsiderable place with a population of about two thousand souls -- with no railroads, no turnpikes -- and no means of getting merchandise to and from the place,...

    • knoxville
    • immigrant
    • william brownlow
    • alfred buffat
    • chattanooga
    • fireflies
    • french-swiss
    • gay street
    • sternwheeler
    • boat
    • 1849

    Writers' Impressions of Knoxville

    I always like summer best You can eat fresh corn From daddy's garden And okra and greens and cabbage And lots of barbecue and buttermilk And homemade ice cream At the church picnic And listen to...

    I always like summer best You can eat fresh corn From daddy's garden And okra and greens and cabbage And lots of barbecue and buttermilk And homemade ice cream At the church picnic And listen to...

    • knoxville
    • author
    • poet
    • writer
    • nikki giovanni
    • mulvaney street
    • liu zongren
    • 1982
    • tennessee river
    • li river
    • china

    Writers' Impressions of the Tennessee River

    The Tennessee River system begins on the worn magnificent crest of the southern Appalachians, among the earth's oldest mountains, and the Tennessee River shapes its valley into the form of a...

    The Tennessee River system begins on the worn magnificent crest of the southern Appalachians, among the earth's oldest mountains, and the Tennessee River shapes its valley into the form of a...

    • tennessee river
    • knoxville
    • chattanooga
    • alabama
    • wilson dam
    • david donaldson
    • poet
    • paducah
    • kentucky
    • james agee
    • novelist
    • tva
    • virginia
    • north carolina
    • georgia
    • appalachian ...
    • fortune magazine

    Upper Tennessee River

    The Upper Tennessee River once presented such hazards that many river navigators considered Knoxville unreachable.  However, in answer to a challenge advertised by Knoxville businessmen, a small...

    The Upper Tennessee River once presented such hazards that many river navigators considered Knoxville unreachable.  However, in answer to a challenge advertised by Knoxville businessmen, a small...

    • knoxville
    • tennessee river
    • riverboat
    • atlas
    • cincinnati
    • side wheeler
    • muscle shoals
    • 1828

    Celebrating 75 20th Century Fox

    Celebrating 75 20th Century Fox   In honor of its 75th Anniversary Celebration, Twentieth Century Fox has recognized the 1960 film Wild River as Knoxville's "Hometown Hollywood" feature film. The...

    Celebrating 75 20th Century Fox   In honor of its 75th Anniversary Celebration, Twentieth Century Fox has recognized the 1960 film Wild River as Knoxville's "Hometown Hollywood" feature film....

    • knoxville
    • film
    • hollywood
    • 20th century fox
    • wild river
    • tennessee river
    • 75th anniversary

    Promenade

    The Public Promenade was deeded to the City of Memphis by its original proprietors in 1828 for public walking and leisure. It originally included 36 acres along the west side of the Mississippi...

    The Public Promenade was deeded to the City of Memphis by its original proprietors in 1828 for public walking and leisure. It originally included 36 acres along the west side of the...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Monterey

    These plaques recallihng significant dates in Monterey's history were install to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the California State Constitutional Convention, held in Colton Hall between...

    These plaques recallihng significant dates in Monterey's history were install to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the California State Constitutional Convention, held in Colton Hall between...

    • monterey
    • california
    • constitution
    • colton

    The Assault Upon Fort Sanders

    1E 68 THE ASSAULT UPON FORT SANDERS   Four brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north, made a bayonet charge upon the Federal Fort Sanders...

    1E 68 THE ASSAULT UPON FORT SANDERS   Four brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north, made a bayonet charge upon the Federal Fort Sanders...

    • knoxville
    • fort sanders
    • civil war
    • 1863
    • longstreet