Patrick Sullivan's Saloon
Irish immigrant Patrick Sullivan (1841-1925), came to Knoxville with his family in the 1850s to work on the new railroad. Sullivan, a Union veteran, established his first bar near this spot...
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The Midday Merry-Go- Round
The remains of this building mark the site that once served as WNOX's studio and "radiotorium" from the late 1930s until the 1950s. The Midday Merry-Go-Round, hosted by Lowell Blanchard,...
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Southern Railway Station
The Southern Railway Station at Knoxville Tennessee has been placed on the National Register of Historic Railroad Landmarks. 1903-2003 The two story buff brick station with its gables...
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Bondi Legends
Joan Symonds & Bill (Yooka) Symonds 1929-2011 1922-2015The Waverley community is Indebted to the lifetime of service of Joan and Bill Symonds In 1946 Bill helped found the Bondi United...
Firestorm Memorial Garden
Oakland YMCA
Joni Mitchell, Louis Riel Coffee House
Joni Mitchell. In 1962 patrons of the Louis Riel coffeehouse, once located at 721 Broadway Avenue, witnessed the birth of a legend when an aspiring young painter played her first...
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Mona Thrasher, Igloo Church, Inuvik
Mona Thrasher I was born in 1942, in a bush camp located between Aklavik and what is today Inuvik. My father was the famous Billy Thrasher who was himself the son of a Portuguese whaler who...
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Brandy Aging Barn
THIS SITE WAS BUILT AROUND 1880 AS A BRANDY AGING BARN FOR THE CHARLES MARTIN WINERY LATER IT BECAME A SALOON WITH A SMALL GENERAL STORE NEXT DOOR ERECTED APRIL 24, 2004 BRANCIFORTE CHAPTER 1797 E...
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Fountain City United Methodist Church
Fountain CityUnited Methodist ChurchFounded in 1825In 1824, E.F. Sevier, grandson of Gov. John Sevier, came to this area as a Methodist circuit rider. By 1825, a plot of ground was secured...
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Fountain Head Campground
Fountain Head Campground1833-1885In 1851 Fountain Head Methodist Episcopal Church South purchased the Fountain Head Campground, a 12 acre wooded grove with a large spring. The Daily Press...
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Odd Fellows Cemetery
ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY This Cemetery was established in 1880 by the Banner Lodge Chapter of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order. This Cemetery was enlarged by the Daughters of Zion in 1881, the Good...
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St. Clair Cobb
ST. CLAIR COBB1895-1974 A World War I veteran born in Knox County, St. Clair Cobb founded the Knoxville Colored High School Band in 1923. He taught music at several elementary schools, Beardsley...
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War on the Home Front
War on the Home Front Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery -Knoxville Campaign- (preface)On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to...
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William Francis Yardley
Born in Knox County in 1844, he taught school and began the study of law in the late 1860s. In 1873, he was the first African American in Knoxville to be admitted to the State Bar; he served as...
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Site of Fort Adair
Site of Fort Adair Build in 1788 by John Adair Revolutionary Soldier Used as depot of supplies for the early settlers. Erected by Bonny Kate Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1924
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He sailed away...
A seat dedicated to an old sailor at the end of a coastal walk
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Fountain City Schools
FOUNTAIN CITY SCHOOLS This thirteen-acre campus was the site of Holbrook-Tennessee Normal College from 1893 to 1904, and of Knoxville Central High School from 1906 to 1971. It was the site...
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Trans Canada Trail Inuvik
The Trans Canada Trail, the longest recreational trail in the world, was initiated in 1992 as a lasting legacy of Canada's 125th birthday celebration. The Trans Canada Trail Foundation is a...
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MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA A Spanish mission founded by Fray Juníper Serra, O.F.M., first President of the California missions, this was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretch- ing...
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