Knoxville TN Archives - Page 2 of 3

Seems like me and Calvin ain’t never done a thing ever but work hard

It’s no church I’ve had sight of here in Knoxville where the ones coming in and out ain’t dressed up fit to kill.

Elizabeth Crozier French founded and served as president of the Knoxville Equal Suffrage Society. She was a leader of National Women’s Party.

We people of the Mission home went together to the Lord in prayers, and told him to give a home to his orphan children.

When she arrived in the city of Knoxville, Confederate spy Belle Boyd’s celebrity status preceded her; she was sought out by a large crowd.

Knoxville’s been agonizing about its identity for a while. Are we a major educational center, a green-tech energy powerhouse? Or “authentic?”