For most of the 19th century, First, Second, and Third Creeks were churning with water-powered mills.

Dear Doc Knox: How about recounting the story of the 19th-century cable car across Holston River from Neyland Drive to Cherokee Bluffs. What was the big attraction up there at that time?

J. Brian Long: Dear Doc Knox, Was there once an actual paper mill on Papermill Drive?

Don, on the Tellico River: As a teenager I carried the News Sentinel and, at times, the Knoxville Journal. While carrying the “Downtown Route,” my manager dropped my bundle at the Commerce Avenue Fire Hall, located at the corner of ...

Dear Dr. Knox: What can you tell me about “N. R. Hall & Co. Market Square Knoxville, Tenn.”? This name is imprinted on a leather sweatband attached to a black vintage hat (circa 1920s?) purchased at an area antique shop.

Dear Doc Knox:There is a wonderfully preserved arts-and-crafts house on N. Broadway Avenue. It’s a large green house that sits immediately north of a similar, but much smaller and less detailed house that is also green. This arts-and-crafts house of ...