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...

A comprehensive and engaging guide for both visitors and residents, Historic Knoxville offers a wide-raging guided tour to scores of places and institutions relevant to the city's little known but endlessly fascinating history.

This fifth edition of the Knoxville lives series features stories of several remarkable Knoxvillians, including the Spanish-speaking police chief from before the civil War; Hollywood's forgotten director who began his show-business career as a kid in Knoxville before earning two engineering degrees from the University of Tennessee; the true story of a brutal murder that reals new insights about life in South Knoxville in the late 4800s; how the behavior...

Tells how Knoxville "is developing into a leader among communities seeking a sensible path for urban growth. Jack Neely traces Knoxville's roots from an industrial and agricultural center toward becoming a thriving arts, cultural and environmentally-friendly locale, already boasting an invigorated Market Square and an ever-popular Farmers' Market; diverse shopping opportunities from chic to cozy and urban greenspace that lures its locals to the great...

"A collection of Knoxville stories highlighting the work of the Knoxville History Project. Knoxville's history involves tragedy, resilience, heroism, and great progress through epidemics, floods, fires, as well as civil progress."--Back cover

This volume includes biographies of all Knoxville's mayors and together forms a fascinating history of the city of Knoxville through the lens of the mayor's office.