Standard History of Knoxville, Tennessee
With Full Outline of the Natural Advantages, Early
Settlement, Territorial Government, Indian
Troubles, and General and Par-
Ticular History of the
City Down to The
Present Time
Edited by William Rule
Published 1900
600 pages, illustrated, searchable
- Bonus Book -
Progressive Knoxville
A Pictorial Review of the City
By R. Harrison, 1904
85 pages, Illustrated, indexed, Searchable
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Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county
seat of Knox County. It is also the largest city in East Tennessee.
The first Euro-American traders and explorers arrived in the Tennessee Valley in the late 1600s, although there is significant evidence
that Hernando de Soto visited the Bussell Island site in 1540.[18] The first major recorded Euro-American presence in the Knoxville
area was the Henry Timberlake expedition, which passed through the confluence of the Holston and French Broad into the Tennessee
River in December 1761.
The end of the French and Indian War and confusion brought about by the American Revolution led to a drastic increase in
Euro-American settlement west of the Appalachians.[20] By the 1780s, Euro-American settlers were already established in the Holston
and French Broad valleys. Since the Cherokee had not ceded this land, however, most of these settlers were in the valley illegally.
Knoxville served as capital of the Territory South of the River Ohio and as capital of Tennessee (admitted as a state in 1796) until
1817, when the capital was moved to Murfreesboro.
CONTENTS.
Chapter I. NATURAL ADVANTAGES. 9
Chapter II. INITIAL MOVEMENTS TOWARDS SETTLEMENT. 9
Chapter III. EARLY SETTLEMENT. 37
Chatter IV. FOUNDING OF KNOXVILLE. 46
Chapter V. UNDER TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT. 54
Chapter VI. INDIAN TROUBLES. 61
Chapter VII. TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE. 72
Chapter VIII. LIFE OF THE PEOPLE. 70
Chapter IX. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. 87
Chapter X. MILITARY HISTORY. 148
Chapter XI. MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. 194
Chapter XII. COMMERCIAL MATTERS. 226
Chapter XIII. BANKING. 250
Chapter XIV. TRANSPORTATION. 271
Chapter XV. THE PRESS 311
Chapter XVI. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. 344
Chapter XVII. CHURCH HISTORY. 414
Chatter XVIII. THE BENCH AND BAR. 466
Chapter XIX. MEDICAL HISTORY. 501
Chapter XX. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 535
Chapter XXI. SOCIETIES. 556
Chapter XXII. CEMETERIES.
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