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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28CA_chisolms-tavern_Knoxville-TN.html
Chisholm's Tavern was the name of a tavern (more defined as an Inn) in the 1790s located near the site of the Dwight Kessel Garage. The tavern was established by John Chisholm, an early settler important to the development of Knoxville. Chisholm w…
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For six months in 1982, the world visited Knoxville's Second Creek valley. The World's Fair attracted more than 11 million visitors to the city. An amusement park was near the mouth of Second Creek and international pavilions filled 70 acres betwe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A5_the-everly-brothers_Knoxville-TN.html
In the 1950s, this building was home to the WROL-AM studios. The Everly Brothers performed here until they left the station in a dispute with Cas Walker, the station's famed promoter and show host. After leaving WROL, Phil and Don Everly were invi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A4_knoxvilles-old-custom-house-fiddlin-bob-taylor_Knoxville-TN.html
Knoxville's Old Custom House
You are standing in front of Knoxville's first federal building, the Old Custom House (1874). The Custom House originally housed the federal court, excise offices, post office, and later, Tennessee Valley Authority of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM289W_st-james-hotel_Knoxville-TN.html
The St. James Hotel located on Wall Avenue, off of Market Square, was the site of several significant recordings with the Brunswick-Balke-Collander Company in 1929 and 1930.
The Tennessee Ramblers, a family band from nearby Clinton, Tennessee, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM288W_gay-street_Knoxville-TN.html
July 4, 1793, was a gala day in the tiny Territorial Capital. The Gazette ecstatically reported that, at 2 p.m., the newly arrived Federal troops paraded, and fired a cannon to salute; at 4 o'clock, all the citizens partook of an elegant banquet t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM288O_tennessee-ernie-ford_Knoxville-TN.html
While hosting the WROL studios in the late 1940s and 1950s, this building served as the center of a new movement in country music - bluegrass. The legendary duo Flatt and Scruggs used WROL as their home base for radio performances and touring. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM288N_krutch-park_Knoxville-TN.html
Krutch Park is the legacy of Charles Krutch, the last survivor of an eccentric and talented family. When they first arrived in Knoxville in the 1850's the proud German clan spelled their name Krütsch (the name is pronounced Krootch). Several of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM286X_james-park-house_Knoxville-TN.html
The Foundation for this house was laid by Governor John Sevier on a block bought from Knoxville founder James White in 1797. James Park, pioneer merchant and Knoxville's second mayor, completed the main house in 1812. His son, Dr. James Park occup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26C1_father-abram-j-ryan_Knoxville-TN.html
Confederate chaplain, poet of the Confederacy, author of the requiem of the Lost Cause, "The Conquered Banner," written at Knoxville soon after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, and pastor of the Immaculate Concep…