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Alexander Arthur (1846–1912), entrepreneur. Jake Butcher (1936–2017), rogue banker and gubernatorial candidate. Eldad Cicero Camp (1839–1920), coal tycoon. Ashley Capps (b. 1955), AC Entertainment founder, co-creator of Bonnaroo Music Festival [3] George Dempster (1887–1964), inventor of the Dempster-Dumpster, mayor of Knoxville.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 September 2024. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 29 years ago (1995 ...
Farragut is situated in a hilly area between Blackoak Ridge to the north and the Tennessee River (Fort Loudoun Lake) to the south. Its municipal area is mostly located south of the merged Interstate 40 (I-40)/ I-75, with the exception of a few neighborhoods. Kingston Pike, a merged stretch of U.S. Route 70 (US 70) and US 11, traverses the town.
The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the Old City has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s through the present. [3]
Adair Gardens Historic District. September 23, 1994. (#94001136) Roughly bounded by Adair, Rose, and Coile Drs. 36°01′32″N 83°55′32″W / 36.025625°N 83.925633°W / 36.025625; -83.925633 (Adair Gardens Historic District) Knoxville. Consists of several houses built in the 1920s and 1930s in the Fountain City community. 2.
Charles McClung McGhee (January 23, 1828 – May 5, 1907) was an American industrialist and financier, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee.As director of the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway (ETV&G), McGhee was responsible for much of the railroad construction that took place in East Tennessee in the 1870s and 1880s.
The Sunsphere, located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, is a 266-foot (81 m) tall hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with the 75-foot (23 m) gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Directly across a man-made pond from the Tennessee Amphitheater, they are the only remaining ...
East Tennessee's major landforms. East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which is in Middle ...