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Erwin was a little more than 35 miles south of Kingsport, and as home to the region's largest railway yard they happened to have a 100-ton crane car that could lift the five-ton elephant. [12] An estimated 2,500 people turned out at the local railway yard to see Mary hoisted by a crane to meet her demise.
Unicoi County (/ ˈ j uː n ɪ ˌ k ɔɪ /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,928. [2] Its county seat is Erwin. [3] Unicoi is a Cherokee word meaning "white," "hazy," "fog-like," or "fog draped," and refers to the mist often seen in the foothills and mountains of this far northeast county. [1]
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", [1] was a five-ton Asian elephant [2] who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus.After killing circus employee Walter “Red” Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September 1916, in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin.
WXIS (103.9 FM) is an all-news radio station serving Elizabethton, Greeneville, and the Tri-Cities region of Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol in Tennessee, as well as Bristol in Virginia. The WEMB outlet operates with an ERP of 6 kW and is licensed and based in Erwin, Tennessee .
Andrew Vorhees (born 1999), American football player; Charles Stewart Voorhees (1853–1909), American lawyer and politician; Clark Voorhees (1871–1933), American landscape painter; Daniel Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including: Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897), American lawyer and politician from Indiana
The A.R. Brown House, at 241 S. Main Ave. in Erwin, Tennessee, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing site. [1] It is two-story wood-frame house with some Folk Victorian Folk Victorian architecture details, upon a brick foundation. The original house ...
Voorhees is the home of the Flyers Training Center, the training facility for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. [44] In 2018, the Flyers, renovated and expanded their training facility. [45] [46] [47] Current and former players of the team often become residents of Voorhees. Voorhees includes a community park that includes ...
Andrew Michael Vorhees (born January 21, 1999) is an American professional football offensive guard for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC .