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The History of Knoxville, Tennessee, began with the establishment of James White's Fort on the Trans-Appalachian frontier in 1786. [1] The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and the city, named for Secretary of War Henry Knox, was platted the following year. [1]
World War II brought relief to Tennessee by employing ten percent of the state's populace (308,199 men and women) in the armed services. Most of those who remained on farms and in cities worked on war-related production since Tennessee received war orders amounting to $1.25 billion.
The ETHC program begins at 1 p.m. July 8 with a welcome from Dockter followed by a talk at 1:30 p.m. by Jack Neely, executive director of the Knoxville History Project, on “Civilians at War ...
East Tennessee Historical Society, Lucile Deaderick (ed.), Heart of the Valley: A History of Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1976) James A. Burran (1979), "Labor Conflict in Urban Appalachia: The Knoxville Streetcar Strike of 1919", Tennessee Historical Quarterly , 38 (1): 62– 78, JSTOR 42625936
The Volunteer State nickname goes way back in American history. Here are the origins of the Vols.
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States, on the Tennessee River. [15] As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, [16] making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third-most-populous city after Nashville and Memphis. [17]
In a quiet corner of World's Fair Park sits a memorial honoring 6,000 East Tennessee Veterans. Learn about the locals who worked to establish it.
Tennessee's 45th General Assembly in 1887 established the Tennessee National Guard, as it is known today. [10] State lawmakers set up the basic conditions under which the force would operate. Tennessee was among the first states to offer her full quota of soldiers for the Spanish–American War. The equipped Tennessee Guard units were mobilized.