Father Abram J. Ryan
FATHER ABRAM J. RYAN (1838-1886) Confederate chaplain, poet of the Confederacy, author of the requiem of the Lost Cause, “The Conquered Banner,” written at Knoxville soon after Lee’s surrender...
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Elvis Presley
Cradle of Country Music Tour At a small store on Market Square, a Knoxville record merchant helped launch the most famous career in musical history. Sam Morrison of Bell Sales Company chose...
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James White
JAMES WHITE FOUNDER OF KNOXVILLE Erected the city's first dwelling in this block in 1786. White's Fort was later constructed to surround the house. Knoxville was named for Henry Knox, Washington's...
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White's Mill
WHITE'S MILL A small tub-mill on First Creek, nearby, for grinding corn, was the first industrial establishment in this region. It was built by Gen. James White in 1786. For this reason the infant...
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Gay Street - The Center of Celebrations
Gay Street The Center of Celebrations July 4, 1793, was a gala day in the tiny Territorial Capital. The Gazette ecstatically reported that, at 2 p.m., the newly arrived Federal troops paraded, and...
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Tennessee Ernie Ford - WROL Studios
Cradle of Country Music Tour While hosting the WROL studios in the late 1940s and 1950s, this building served as the center of a new movement in country music - bluegrass. The legendary duo...
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Post Office
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Old Gray Cemetery - NRHP
OLD GRAY CEMETERYESTABLISHED 1850WAS PLACED ON THENATIONAL REGISTEROF HISTORICAL PLACESBY THE UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORDECEMBER 4, 1996
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Old Gray Cemetery - Silent Voices
Since the Civil War, the thirteen-acre Old Gray Cemetery has been the final resting place for Union and Confederate veterans. During the conflict, control of Knoxville shifted from Confederate to...
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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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