We have not been able to give in detail many of the happenings in our town but we trust the reader will have a conception of the trend of rural life in our community over the last One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years. Yes, we feel that we are progressing
In 1847 the Masonic Lodge built the two-story brick building, still standing and functioning as the Masonic Hall. There being no school house, the first floor of the hall was used for that purpose. It is thought that some of the teachers were: Lake Cox, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence,
The Southern Methodist Church was built in 1853 on the lot near the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Harper. Many good ministers have stood behind its sacred desk. Those I would mention are Rev. J. D. Wyrick, who served in the first part of twentieth centry, and
Standing proudly on the banks of Big Tennessee river in what is known as the Holston College community are some old but beautiful homes dating as far back in pages of time at 1802. In the days before the building of Fort Loudon Dam, when one crossed the
In this chapter we will confine ourselves to no certain period of time but talk in a rambling way of people, conditions, and events, from the beginning, even down to the present time, 1922. By this we will be able to correct errors and fill in omissions in the
In the month of March, 1867, the worst flood ever known in the Tennessee valley swept down the Tennessee River, doing damage into the millions. All the lowlands near the river were inundated and the water backed even for miles up the valley and low places. The river at
In this chapter we commence at the beginning of the war between the states, and continue through those troublous days, and on through what is known in history as the “Reconstruction Period”.After the war, the writer will have to depend almost solely upon himself for the information he wishes to
Chapter One Blount County was organized in the year 1795 while, what is known now as the State of Tennessee was under a Territorial form of Government, with William Blount as Governor, and was called The Territory Southwest of the Ohio River; and Blount was the eighth county in line
Chapter Two In this chapter we will take up the physical features of the town, consisting of its streets and alleys that were laid off and dedicated to the public by the original land owners, and who sold the lots to persons who were seeking homes here in the
Chapter Three It’s probably not a known fact that Louisville was once an incorporated town, but it’s true. In January 1851, a petition was signed up and sent to the County Court at Maryville, asking the privilege of incorporating the following boundary: commencing at the mouth of the big