Knox County

Historic Sites of Interest:

   

Read about "Mecklenburg" -- a description of the historic residence of Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey, noted historian

Knox County in the Civil War -  by Billie McNamara    http://www.knoxcotn.org/military/civilwar/index.html

Visit "Tennessee's Civil War Heritage Trail"
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/hist/PathDivided/heritagemap.htm

Knox County Sites on the National Register of Historic Places
http://www.knoxcotn.org/places/buildings/nationalregister.html

James White's Fort / Living History Exhibit / Re-enactors:
http://www.vic.com/tnchron/RESOURCE/WHITE.htm

Read a visitor's view of Knoxville, along with a drawing of the city circa 1845

Knoxville Tourist Bureau:
http://www.goknox.com/info.htm

Museums of Knoxville - Historic Sites:
http://www.korrnet.org/mok/historic.htm

Farragut Folklife Museum
http://www.farragut.tn.us/arts.html

History of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA):
http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm

TVA -- Electricity for ALL:
http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/index.htm
   (the story of the Tennessee Valley Authority)

Women in Tennessee History - A Bibliography:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~library/wtn/wtn-home.html 

"Tennessee Online" -- Tennessee's only online historical magazine
http://www.vic.com/tnchron/index.html