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In addition to
the tabloid section published in The
Daily Times, which included 14 pages of
the origin of community names, eight
pages of history, an added section in
the bound "Volume III, Snapshots of
Blount County History" includes the
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The eight-page
section is of recollections of growing
up in Blount County in the 1930s. In
addition to the Looking...Back section,
the bound volume will include a preface
by former U.S. Senator Howard Baker Jr.,
the introduction and an additional 14
pages of local history which relate: |
When Blount County was without telephone
service for 24 days in 1955.
Filming of the movie "Fool Killer" at
Louisville.
Photographs of Broadway in the 1930s,
the Maryville Victory Ship in WWII, Twin
Cities' mayors signing a 1950s
proclamation, and a Blount Chamber visit
to the legislature.
The often confused Pride Mansion and
Holston College structures.
"Remember When" photographs of a 1959
Fat Calf Show winners, Blount County
Rescue Squad training Scouts, a
well-hidden moonshine still, a load of
piggies going to market, and a 1950s
view of the Maryville Little League
Field from the top of the courthouse.
Little River often becomes very big when
it floods. Combined with planned
improvements, a flood left Little River
Gorge Road from Townsend to Gatlinburg
in the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park closed for almost two years,
1972-74.
A view of how a 1934 plank foot bridge
across Pistol Creek became a Cusick
Street extension from Church Avenue to
the courthouse.
A tribute to the late Anna Coltharp
Irwin who had a vital roll in the first
two volumes. |
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We have a few
copies of Volume I and Volume II. You
can order any or all three by mail at
$35.00 each. Volume III orders will be
filled as soon as the books arrive from
the printer in early December, in plenty
of time for Christmas gifts. |
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