Come one, come all! Dr. Knox answers your questions regarding the history of the Knoxville metropolis.
The Lonsdale Riddle: What's With All Those Streets Named After Northern States?
| Posted February 20, 2013Dear Z. Heraclitus Knox, 5th Earl of the Firth of Forth:I have a question about the street names in the Lonsdale community. Why are they named after different states? Somebody told me that it was because of the Civil War,... Read more...
The Infamous McClung Warehouses
| Posted December 21, 2012Dear Doc Knox: Do you have any history into the significance of the McClung Warehouses as well as the McClung family in the Knoxville area? I would love to see some development rehabilitate the structures and continue to connect the... Read more...
Good News for the Walker-Sherrill House?
| Posted November 14, 2012Dear Doc Knox,Now that the corners of Cedar Bluff and Kingston Pike are being overrun with more monstrous parking lots and big-box stores, I'm wondering what's to become of the old (antebellum, possibly?) brick house just to the west of... Read more...
Knoxville's Mysteriously Missing Streets
| Posted October 18, 2012Dear Doc Knox:We have 11th through 22nd Streets in Fort Sanders, and I remember 10th Street before the World's Fair. But were there ever First through Ninth Streets?Joseph T. CorbellMy Dear Mr. Corbell:Well, the short answer is Yes. With an... Read more...
Knoxville: the South's Best Baseball Town?
| Posted September 12, 2012Hello,I was wondering if Doc Knox could shed some light on the history of professional/semi-pro baseball teams in Knoxville. I was reading J. Neely's article on John Gunther and there was a mention of a team called the Smokies in... Read more...
The Long-ago Fisticuffs of John Williams Jr.
| Posted May 24, 2012Dear Dr. Knox:I cannot find a decent biography of John Williams, Jr. (1818-1881), the son of Colonel John Williams. Can you help?I am researching Horace Maynard, who was attacked with a cane by Williams in a Knoxville street on August... Read more...
The Short Career of Early Country Music Singer George Reneau
| Posted March 29, 2012Dear Doc Knox,I am searching for information on a local musician and relative, "Blind" George Reneau. I know that he performed around Knoxville, and recorded some 78 rpm records. (My dad has one of the records). I can't find much... Read more...
Knoxville's Slag Heaps and Forgotten Fens
| Posted February 1, 2012Dear Doc Knox:Not including the river, where was Knoxville's first city dump/landfill?AirmackMy Dear Mr. Airmack:We assume by not including the river, we're also excusing First and Second creeks, which were used as dumps probably from the first time James White's... Read more...
Downtown's Homegrown Revival
| Posted November 16, 2011Dear Doc Knox:My wife and I had lived in Knoxville for about 15 years before we left in the early 90's. We returned in '04 and were truly awed by the metamorphosis we saw. A downtown we first experienced as... Read more...
Exploring the Wonder House
| Posted August 31, 2011Dear Doc Knox:There is an old huge skeleton of a wooden building in the Rocky Hill community on Northshore Drive that is situated on a hill up in the woods. It is on Currier Lane, across from Roosters. It has... Read more...
