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Historic Bearden

Author : Jack Neely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781792334672
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Historic Bearden written by Jack Neely and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its time, Bearden has seen a motley assortment of pioneers, some of them immigrants, some of them rare African American landowners, spread alongside the toll road into the western wilderness; the first railroad ever built through East Tennessee; Knoxville's first eighteen-hole golf course; the dawn of aviation in East Tennessee, and Knoxville's first municipal airport; a major brick factory, a landmark hat factory, and the biggest rose-production plant in the South; the junction of two of America's first national automobile routes, spawning half a century of tourist camps, motor courts, and motels; jazz nightclubs and slot-machine speakeasies; drive-in restaurants, movie theaters, and bootlegging joints; Knoxville's first cinema multiplex; and too many interesting residents to count, including some cutting-edge musicians, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, and a groundbreaking inventor. This narrative attempts to tell it all as one story, the story of Bearden.

A Haunted History of Knoxville

Author : Laura Still
Publisher : Celtic Cat Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780984496839
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book A Haunted History of Knoxville written by Laura Still and published by Celtic Cat Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A City with a Violent Past: The predominant hue of the city's colorful past is blood red, and restless souls are rumored to inhabit the night. The streets have echoed with gunfire as Knoxville survived the violence of frontier times, the Civil War, and the shadowy gaslight decades when the elite classes strolled Gay Street while just down the hill in the saloon district known as the Bowery, murderers and thieves played their dark dangerous games. Join writer and history tour guide Laura Still on a journey into her home town's past as she tells the amazing true stories behind the ghostly phantoms and unquiet spirits that haunt Knoxville. Featuring: 75 photos and illustrations; 23 haunted houses and buildings; 10 spooky burial grounds; 81/2 hanged men; 3 tragic love stories; and 40 chapters of untimely death and mysterious phenomena. Storyteller Laura Still, a native Tennessean, is a published poet and playwright as well as storyteller and guide for her tour business, Knoxville Walking Tours. Foreword by columnist and Knoxville history author Jack Neely.

The Knoxville Campaign

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572339241
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book The Knoxville Campaign written by Earl J. Hess and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hess’s account of the understudied Knoxville Campaign sheds new light on the generalship of James Longstreet and Ambrose Burnside, as well as such lesser players as Micah Jenkins and Orlando Poe. Both scholars and general readers should welcome it. The scholarship is sound, the research, superb, the writing, excellent.” —Steven E. Woodworth, author of Decision in the Heartland: The Civil War in the West In the fall and winter of 1863, Union General Ambrose Burnside and Confederate General James Longstreet vied for control of the city of Knoxville and with it the railroad that linked the Confederacy east and west. The generals and their men competed, too, for the hearts and minds of the people of East Tennessee. Often overshadowed by the fighting at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, this important campaign has never received a full scholarly treatment. In this landmark book, award-winning historian Earl J. Hess fills a gap in Civil War scholarship—a timely contribution that coincides with and commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Civil War The East Tennessee campaign was an important part of the war in the West. It brought the conflict to Knoxville in a devastating way, forcing the Union defenders to endure two weeks of siege in worsening winter conditions. The besieging Confederates suffered equally from supply shortages, while the civilian population was caught in the middle and the town itself suffered widespread destruction. The campaign culminated in the famed attack on Fort Sanders early on the morning of November 29, 1863. The bloody repulse of Longstreet’s veterans that morning contributed significantly to the unraveling of Confederate hopes in the Western theater of operations. Hess’s compelling account is filled with numerous maps and images that enhance the reader’s understanding of this vital campaign that tested the heart of East Tennessee. The author’s narrative and analysis will appeal to a broad audience, including general readers, seasoned scholars, and new students of Tennessee and Civil War history. The Knoxville Campaign will thoroughly reorient our view of the war as it played out in the mountains and valleys of East Tennessee. EARL J. HESS is Stewart W. McClelland Distinguished Professor in Humanities and an associate professor of history at Lincoln Memorial University. He is the author of nearly twenty books, including The Civil War in the West—Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi and Lincoln Memorial University and the Shaping of Appalachia.

Fountain City

Author : Jim C. Tumblin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738516493
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Fountain City written by Jim C. Tumblin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named for its ebullient natural springs, Fountain City, Tennessee, has a rich history and a truly unique identity. Originally established in 1788 by John Adair as Adair's Fort, this area was a depot for the Cumberland Guard, which protected emigrant families traveling to settlements in present-day Nashville. With a population of about 30,000, Fountain City was thought to be the nation's largest unincorporated city by the mid-20th century. Though this distinction was lost when the community was incorporated into Knoxville in 1962, Fountain City has maintained a separate identity and preserved its extensive history. Filled with detailed images of the area, this volume provides a rare glimpse of the people, places, and events that have molded the suburb into an ideal environment in which to learn, relax, and enjoy a myriad of recreational activities.

Heart of the Valley

Author : East Tennessee Historical Society. Knoxville History Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Heart of the Valley written by East Tennessee Historical Society. Knoxville History Committee and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hidden History of East Tennessee

Author : Joe Guy
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540218964
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden History of East Tennessee written by Joe Guy and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed author Joe Guy serves up a stout batch of East Tennessee history in this latest collection of articles from his popular newspaper column. From Chattanooga up to Knoxville, and every town and holler in between, Guy recounts the absorbing and oft-forgotten history of this great region with stories of revenuers, Overmountain Men, Confederate cavalry girls, and the lost tribe of the Hiwassee, just to name a few. Discover how easy it is to get lost in The Hidden History of East Tennessee.

Park City

Author : Margery Weber Bensey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237689
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Park City written by Margery Weber Bensey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Park City's tree-shaded streets frame a neighborhood with an identity all its own. The distinctive homes designed by famed architect George Barber lend Park City its unique visual appeal and local flavor. Yet behind the well-preserved, innovative architectural designs is a history that stretches back to Knoxville's earliest beginnings. Knox County's first sheriff, Robert Houston, was a Park City resident, establishing the county's first court in the late 1700s. Since then, Park City residents have helped shape Knoxville's history by shaping their community. Longtime Park City resident and local historian Margery W. Bensey tracks the history of its development from village to vibrant residential neighborhood. From stories of the first settlers and community events to the dramatic tale of a neighborhood duel, this is the complete Park City chronicle.

Massacre at Cavett's Station

Author : Charles H. Faulkner
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1621900193
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Massacre at Cavett's Station written by Charles H. Faulkner and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1700s, as white settlers spilled across the Appalachian Mountains, claiming Cherokee and Creek lands for their own, tensions between Native Americans and pioneers reached a boiling point. Land disputes stemming from the 1791 Treaty of Holston went unresolved, and Knoxville settlers attacked a Cherokee negotiating party led by Chief Hanging Maw resulting in the wounding of the chief and his wife and the death of several Indians. In retaliation, on September 25, 1793, nearly one thousand Cherokee and Creek warriors descended undetected on Knoxville to destroy this frontier town. However, feeling they had been discovered, the Indians focused their rage on Cavett’s Station, a fortified farmstead of Alexander Cavett and his family located in what is now west Knox County. Violating a truce, the war party murdered thirteen men, women, and children, ensuring the story’s status in Tennessee lore. In Massacre at Cavett’s Station, noted archaeologist and Tennessee historian Charles Faulkner reveals the true story of the massacre and its aftermath, separating historical fact from pervasive legend. In doing so, Faulkner focuses on the interplay of such early Tennessee stalwarts as John Sevier, James White, and William Blount, and the role each played in the white settlement of east Tennessee while drawing the ire of the Cherokee who continued to lose their homeland in questionable treaties. That enmity produced some of history’s notable Cherokee war chiefs including Doublehead, Dragging Canoe, and the notorious Bob Benge, born to a European trader and Cherokee mother, whose red hair and command of English gave him a distinct double identity. But this conflict between the Cherokee and the settlers also produced peace-seeking chiefs such as Hanging Maw and Corn Tassel who helped broker peace on the Tennessee frontier by the end of the 18th century. After only three decades of peaceful co-existence with their white neighbors, the now democratic Cherokee Nation was betrayed and lost the remainder of their homeland in the Trail of Tears. Faulkner combines careful historical research with meticulous archaeological excavations conducted in developed areas of the west Knoxville suburbs to illuminate what happened on that fateful day in 1793. As a result, he answers significant questions about the massacre and seeks to discover the genealogy of the Cavetts and if any family members survived the attack. This book is an important contribution to the study of frontier history and a long-overdue analysis of one of East Tennessee’s well-known legends.

Marking Time

Author : Fred Brown
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572333307
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Marking Time written by Fred Brown and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The roadside historical markers of East Tennessee highlight the fascinating personalities and significant events of a culturally and historically rich region. Forthree years, Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Fred Brown presented the storiesbehind the local markers placed by the Tennessee Historical Commission. He searchedthe highways and back roads of East Tennessee, tracking down markers with directionsthat were sometimes no more specific than ?Highway 11, Greene County.'Arranged by county, the entries link East Tennessee's past and present and highlightthe enormous diversity of the state's history from its prehistoric past through its involvement in World War II. The markers detail bitter struggles with Native Americans in the eighteenth century, but also explain the unique contribution of Cherokee culture and civilization, such as Sequoyah's development of the Cherokee syllabary. Brown commemorates the numerous Civil War sites throughout the region, but he also includes the service of East Tennesseans in later wars. One marker commemorates Kiffin Yates Rockwell, a founding pilot of the Lafayete Escadrille, a famed squadron of aviators in World War I. Another marker details the achievements of Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser of Greene County, who was posthumously decorated for his leadership of a First Marine Division Rifle Platoon on Okinawa.The markers also showcase East Tennessee's unique political history. They tell thestory of the ?lost state? of Franklin in the 1780s and record the region's efforts to secede from the state when Tennessee left the Union in 1861. Brown's narrative also explains the nature of opposing political factions throughout the decades through the biographies of their leaders, such as Elihu Embree, a Quaker abolitionist who founded an antislavery paper in East Tennessee.From the vantage of the armchair or out on the road, Marking Time is a surprisingand engaging trip on the byways of East Tennessee's politics, culture, and history through the stories of the men and women who shaped the state.

A Separate Circle

Author : Wendy Lowe Besmann
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572331259
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book A Separate Circle written by Wendy Lowe Besmann and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An insightful and well-written book. One of the best studies of local Jewish history extant."--Leonard Dinnerstein, University of Arizona For more than a century and a half, the Jewish citizens of the area in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, have maintained the rituals and traditions that define them as a separate people, even as they have blended quietly with their non-Jewish neighbors. Wendy Lowe Besmann paints a vivid picture of this community, bringing alive the stories of merchants, grocers, immigrants from Eastern Europe, and scientists and university professionals who have come to call the area home. Drawing on interviews and other sources, she traces the growth of local synagogues, explores the role of Jewish community centers, looks at how children were shaped by school and Temple life, and even recalls the community's summer vacations at nearby Neubert Springs. With broad historical sweep, Besmann examines what life was like for Knoxville's early Jewish community and how the events of their lives were affected by American expansion and depression, by social upheaval and urban migration. Successive waves of immigrants, from the traveling peddlers of the late nineteenth century to the doctors, lawyers, and engineers of the late twentieth, have both adapted to the culture of East Tennessee and shaped it in subtle ways. As they did in cities all over the South, Knoxville's Jewish population followed jobs, meaning that most of them did not grow up in the region. Besmann looks at topics as diverse as patterns of chain migration, the role of Jewish merchants in the Civil War, and the contributions of a Jewish-owned music store to the career of Elvis Presley. She describes the vital role of ritual and celebration in the community, from the importance placed on religious education to the songs played at bar mitzvahs. The Author: Wendy Lowe Besmann is a freelance writer whose work has been published in The New York Times, USA Today, The Atlantic, Self, and Better Homes & Gardens. She lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Divided Loyalties

Author : Digby Gordon Seymour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Divided Loyalties written by Digby Gordon Seymour and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First Families of Tennessee

Author : East Tennessee Historical Society
Publisher : East Tenn Historical Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book First Families of Tennessee written by East Tennessee Historical Society and published by East Tenn Historical Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Families of Tennessee is a tribute to these men and women who established the state.

Historic Knoxville

Author : Jack Neely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578406367
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Historic Knoxville written by Jack Neely and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 200-page illustrated guide including Downtown, Historic Homes, Neighborhoods, Parks, Cemeteries, University of Tennessee, and more!

East Tennessee from A to Z

Author : Jenna McMillan
Publisher : East Tennessee Children's Hospital
ISBN 13 : 9780983095422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book East Tennessee from A to Z written by Jenna McMillan and published by East Tennessee Children's Hospital. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Tennessee is loaded with great people, exciting places, and fascinating history. Explore the region through the eyes of local children and learn about all the things that make East Tennessee such as special place. Written in 2012 by local sixth grader Jenna McMillan, East Tennessee from A to Z is filled with historical facts and fun trivia about the place she calls home. Young readers will enjoy the rhyming story and colorful illustrations while older readers will undoubtedly learn a thing or two about their hometown. The illustrations were created by current and former patients and families of East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville. The production of this book has been graciously sponsored by Independent Insurance Consultants. Its support allows all sales proceeds to benefit East Tennessee Children's Hospital. East Tennessee from A to Z is part of the A to Z Series and is designed and published by Books by Kids. All books in the series are educational in nature, benefit non-profit organizations, and are illustrated and written in part by children. For more information or to purchase additional copies of this book, visit booksbykids.com.

A Fortress and a Legacy

Author : J. Ross Greene
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781512262308
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book A Fortress and a Legacy written by J. Ross Greene and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fortress and a Legacy combines stunning historical accuracy with the pathos of a family torn by war. An exchange of letters between Knoxville native and B-17 bombardier Bud Perrin and his bride, a former Miss America contestant, gives this story heart and soul.

East Tennessee Newsmakers

Author : Georgiana Vines
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781621905431
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book East Tennessee Newsmakers written by Georgiana Vines and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This project developed out of Vines's feature column Where Are They Now? for the Knoxville News Sentinel. The book consists of a collection of stories, updated and expanded, on Knoxville and East Tennessee politicians, personalities, and newsmakers. It's broken into five parts: Political Notes, UT Spotlights, Media Sparks, Park Personalities, and About Town. Vines also includes a preface that provides an overview of her career as a newspaperwoman, how the feature's section for Where Are They Now took shape, and how the book itself came together"--

Knoxville, Tennessee

Author : Nikki Giovanni
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Knoxville, Tennessee written by Nikki Giovanni and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the joys of summer spent with family in Knoxville: eating vegetables right from the garden, going to church picnics, and walking in the mountains.