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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Difficult Crossing 1875 Crossing the Tennessee River was a difficult task for early citizens of Knoxville. The Gay Street bridge you see today opened in 1898. It replaced a structure so...
1917 1918 IN HONOR OF THE CITIZENS OF NEWINGTON WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE Abucewicz, Charles Anderson, Frederick Backus, Charles L....
Near this spot in 1869 was the early Knoxville home of Frances Hodgson Burnett, the English- born author of The Secret Garden, Sarah Crewe, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, who moved to Knoxville with...
NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 1636 - Newington valley used by Wethersfield settlers as a source for pipe staves, building materials and pasture lands. Pipestave Swamp, Cow Plain and West Farms were early...
The Grand River The Grand River is aptly named. Flowing 290 km from the Dundalk Highlands to Lake Erie, its watershed is the largest in southern Ontario. Winding its way through marshes, woods and...